It took me 21 minutes to read this passage. Ezekiel spent much of his preaching in this section explaining to those Jews in captivity why they are being punished. God’s words in chapter 18 seem to indicate that the people in exile are blaming their parents for their punishment(vss1-2). God explains that they, along with their parents, are guilty of rejecting him. All of Israel deserved to be cast out of their inheritance. But we know that God did not leave them there, he restored the faithful to their inheritance because of his covenant promises. He explained his plans to the people in the last few verses of chapter 17.
Stuart
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