Ezekiel 18:2
“Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’
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In Context
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
3As I live, says the Lord God, this parable shall no longer be a proverb for you in Israel.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:15Why do you wear down my people, and grind up the faces of the poor, says the Lord, the God of hosts?
Jeremiah 31:29In those days, they will no longer say: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’
Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and you shall prophesy against them,
Ezekiel 17:12“Say to the provoking house: Do you not know what these things signify? Say: Behold, the king of Babylon arrives in Jerusalem. And he will take away its king and princes, and he will lead them away to himself in Babylon.
Ezekiel 36:1“But as for you, son of man, prophesy over the mountains of Israel, and you shall say: O mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:19you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, which are joined to him, and I will put them together with the wood of Judah, and I will make them one piece of wood. And they will be one in his hand.
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 →