John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die ,.... This is repeated from Ezekiel 18:4 , for the further confirmation of it: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son ; that is, as the Targum paraphrases it, "the son shall not be punished for the sins of the father, nor shall the father be punished for the sins of the son.' This is to be understood of adult persons, and of actual sins; for of such only the prophet speaks... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 18:10-20
God, by the prophet, having laid down the general rule of judgment, that he will render eternal life to those that patiently continue in well-doing, but indignation and wrath to those that do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness (Rom. 2:7, 8), comes, in these verses, to show that men's parentage and relation shall not alter the case either one way or other. I. He applied it largely and particularly both ways. As it was in the royal line of the kings of Judah, so it often happens in... read more