Ezekiel 18:2
That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What is the meaning?
3As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall be no more to you a proverb in Israel.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:15Why do you consume my people, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the God of hosts.
Jeremiah 31:29In those days they shall say no more: The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.
Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face towards the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.
Ezekiel 17:12Say to the provoking house: Know you not what these things mean? Tell them: Behold the king of Babylon cometh to Jerusalem: and he shall take away the king and the princes thereof, and carry them with 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 the Lord:
Ezekiel 37:19Say to 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 that are associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Juda, and will make them one stick: and they shall 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 →