Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 14:20
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
Their own souls; their person, their life.
By their righteousness; not meriting the deliverance, but yet the justice and mercy of God shall surely keep them from falling in the punishment who were kept from the sin.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
15-21. The argument iscumulative. He first puts the case of the land sinning so as to fallunder the judgment of a famine (Eze14:13); then (Eze 14:15)”noisome beasts” (Le26:22); then “the sword”; then, worst of all,”pestilence.” The three most righteous of men shoulddeliver only themselves in these several four cases. In Eze14:21 he concentrates the whole in one mass of condemnation. IfNoah, Daniel, Job, could not deliver the land, when deserving onlyone judgment, “how much more” when all fourjudgments combined are justly to visit the land for sin, shall thesethree righteous men not deliver it.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, [were] in it,…. Who are again mentioned by name, as in Eze 14:14; and are the three men referred to in Eze 14:16;
[as] I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; not so much as an only son, or an only daughter, no, not even a single child: the plural number is used before, as in Eze 14:16; here the singular, to show how resolutely determined the Lord was upon the destruction of the land; that even the prayers of the best of men among them should not prevail with him to save a single person, no, not a single infant: they
shall [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness;
[See comments on Eze 14:14].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
20. By their righteousness This is the strength of all intercessory prayer; but no prayer, however fervent, coming from any heart, however righteous, can put away this punishment so justly due to willful and persistent transgression and guilt. (See chap. 33.)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 14:20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, [were] in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
Ver. 20. Neither son nor daughter. ] Though it were an only one, and so more dear to them.
They shall but deliver.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Noah: Eze 14:14, Eze 14:16
Daniel: Daniel, says Abp. Newcombe, was “taken captive in the third year of Jehoiakim – Dan 1:1. After this, Jehoiakam reigned eight years – 2Ki 23:36. And this prophecy, as appears from Eze 8:1, was uttered in the sixth year of Jehoiachin’s captivity, who succeeded Jehoiakim, and reigned only three months – 2Ki 24:6, 2Ki 24:8. Therefore, at this time, Daniel had been fourteen years in captivity;” and was, as is generally supposed, about thirty years of age.
by: Eze 18:20, Eze 18:22, Job 5:19-24, Psa 33:18, Psa 33:19, Isa 3:10, Hos 10:12, Zep 2:3, Act 10:35, 1Jo 2:29, 1Jo 3:7, 1Jo 3:10
Reciprocal: Gen 5:29 – he called Gen 6:9 – just Job 1:1 – Job Eze 3:19 – but thou Eze 20:4 – judge them Dan 1:6 – Daniel Mat 25:9 – lest Heb 11:7 – prepared
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 14:20. Once more the thought in verse It is repeated here.