Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 18:20

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Vide ver. 4. let b.

This is a most unquestionable Truth, and though perhaps it may seem otherwise in some cases, yet could we see perfectly the connexion between persons and persons, and how they are one; cou'd we see the connexion of sins and sins, and how easily, secretly, and undiscerned men become guilty of the same sins, we should, 'tis likely, see Father and Son, though perhaps one of them might not do the Evil, both guilty, and neither punisht for the sin farther, than the sin was his own; nor do the Scriptures, Ex. 20.5▪ and Deut. 28.18. Menace innocent Children, nor doom persons to punishment for sins from which they are fully and wholly free; but if Children shall follow their Fathers in sin, or justify them in it, or not mourn for it, or not deprecate, or whatever way there is by which Children may make the sins of Progenitors become their own; then if they die for those sins, 'tis for them, as they are their own sins, not as they are their Fathers.

Isa. 3.10. will fully explain this passage, it shall be well with the Righteous, for he shall eat the fruit of his doing, he shall be rewarded as a Righteous one.

The reward of wickedness, i. e. woful punishment shall be executed upon the wicked, as Isa. 3.11.

Marginal references: Deut. 24.16. 2 King. 14.6. 2 Chron. 25.4. Jer. 31.29, 30.