Ezekiel 18:2
What do ye mean, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge?
A Conservative Version
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In Context
1The word of LORD came to me again, saying,
3As I live, says lord LORD, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:15What do ye mean that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? says the Lord, LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 31:29In those days they shall no more say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the son's teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,
Ezekiel 17:12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king of it, and the rulers of it, and brought them to him to Babylon.
Ezekiel 36:1And thou, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of LORD.
Ezekiel 37:19say to them, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and I will put them with it, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one sti
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 18:2-10
Proverb of the Sour Grapes; Reply to the Sour Grapes; Divine Judgments Vindicated. ( b. c. 593.) 1 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 2 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? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God , ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that… Read the whole commentary →