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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 18:7 - 18:7
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restored ... pledge - that which the poor debtor absolutely needed; as his raiment, which the creditor was bound to restore before sunset (Exo 22:26, Exo 22:27), and his millstone, which was needed for preparing his food (Deu 24:6, Deu 24:10-13).
bread to ... hungry ... covered ... naked - (Isa 58:7; Mat 25:35, Mat 25:36). After duties of justice come those of benevolence. It is not enough to refrain from doing a wrong to our neighbor, we must also do him good. The bread owned by a man, though “his,” is given to him, not to keep to himself, but to impart to the needy.