“If he hadn't said that, then I wouldn't have gotten upset…” It's not my fault.
“If she hadn't worn that dress, then I wouldn't have looked…” I couldn't help it.
“If you only knew all the facts, you wouldn't blame me…” It's not fair.
Ezekiel cuts through all our excuses and says it very simply: The soul who sins shall die.
Yes, your father may have been the grossest idolater in the country. Your mother may have been a whore. But God is not going to judge you for what others have done. He will judge you based on what you have done! If you have done righteousness, you will live. If you have done wickedness, you will die.
Suppose a righteous man has a wicked son. Suppose Josiah (the best king in Judah's history, according to 2 Kings) has a son like Jehoiakim (who “did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done” – 2 Kings 23:32).
And suppose Jehoiakim has a son. If Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim, does what is right, then he will live. But of course, the problem is that Jehoiachin has started down the same path as Jehoiakim. So is it now too late?
Hence, verse 21 says, “but if a wicked person turns away from all his sins… he shall surely live.”
If Jehoiachin has learned his lesson – if he repents and turns from his sin – then he shall live. There is still hope for the house of David...
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