Komentarz do Ezechiela 18:38

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What do you mean that you use this parable Asanplanz in Old French, comparison, parable.

The fathers have eaten sour grapes Heb. בוֹסֶר, fruit before it has ripened. Verjus in—French, verjuice.

and the children’s teeth are set on edge Heb. תִּקְהֶינָה, agazeront in Old French, will be set on edge. So is the way of the Holy One, blessed be He: the fathers sin and the children are punished, for the kings of Israel sinned for many years before they were exiled, and we too need not be concerned that we shall be punished for our iniquities.

shall no longer use this parable Heb. מְשֹּׁל, like לִמְשֹּׁל [the infinitive].

Behold, all souls are Mine So why should the son who did not sin against Me suffer? Is he not Mine?

And does not eat on the mountains “On the mountains, he did not worship pagan deities” [Targum Jonathan] by eating “sacrifices of the dead.”

to the idols Referring to other idolatry, e.g., Baal in Samaria and the calves in Bethel and Dan.

wrongs Heb. יוֹנֶה, an expression of wronging (אוֹנָאָה) ; i.e., he wronged no man.

what has been pledged for a debt he returns If he took his friend’s garment as a pledge for a loan, he would return it to him at sunset.

and he commits upon his brother any of these Heb. אָח. Jonathan renders: and he does to his brother any one of these.

And he does not do all these All these good deeds that his father did.

committed abomination Homosexual relations.

and sees and does not do likewise He sees with his heart that it is not good to do so, et il apercut in French, he realized.

From the poor he kept his hand back from harming him.

All his righteous deeds, etc., shall not be remembered Our Sages qualified this as referring to one who regrets them.

is not right Heb. יִתָּכֵן, like יִתָּקֵן, afetes in Old French; just, correct, right.

repent and cause others to repent Heb. שּׁוּבוּ וְהָשִּׁיבוּ, you repent and you cause others to repent (tourner, retourner in French), turn [others], return.