Ezekiel 18:2 · KJV
“What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?”
— Ezekiel 18:2
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
{As} I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have {occasion} any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Ezekiel 18 — Context
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
3{As} I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have {occasion} any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:29-30
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, {and are} not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Ezekiel 37:19
Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which {is} in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, {even} with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Ezekiel 17:12
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these {things mean}? tell {them}, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
Ezekiel 37:25
And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, {even} they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David {shall be} their prince for ever.
Isaiah 3:15
What mean ye {that} ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Ezekiel 6:2-3
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Related Topics