Ezekiel 18:2
'What mean ye, that ye use this proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
3As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:15What mean ye that ye crush My people, and grind the face of the poor?' saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
Jeremiah 31:29In those days they shall say no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Ezekiel 6:2'Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Ezekiel 17:12'Say 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 thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon;
Ezekiel 36:1And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
Ezekiel 37:19say into 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 companions; and I will put them unto him together with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in My 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 →