And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife,
Ezekiel 18 stands as reproof and warning addressed to God's own people, naming mothers and fathers and the children of Israel, so that they are not left to advance blindly without light on their course. The divine word contained there is uttered unchanged whether men choose to hear or choose to forbear hearing. Those entrusted to bear it are therefore to labor faithfully at every time and in every place, even when they meet disapproval from the very persons God intends by them to help, instruct, strengthen, bless, refine, and ennoble. When those reached by these messages hear and take heed with patience and with a generous, teachable spirit, the blessing of the Lord will rest upon them.
Ezekiel 18 stands as reproof and warning addressed to God's own people, naming mothers and fathers and the children of Israel, so that they are not left to advance blindly without light on their course. The divine word contained there is uttered unchanged whether men choose to hear or choose to forbear hearing. Those entrusted to bear it are therefore to labor faithfully at every time and in every place, even when they meet disapproval from the very persons God intends by them to help, instruct, strengthen, bless, refine, and ennoble. When those reached by these messages hear and take heed with patience and with a generous, teachable spirit, the blessing of the Lord will rest upon them.