Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb in the country of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge?
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In Context
1And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
3As I live, saith the Lord Eternal, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:15What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind down the faces of the poor? saith the Lord the Eternal of hosts.
Jeremiah 31:29(31:28) In those days shall they not say any more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge;
Ezekiel 6:2Son of man, set thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Ezekiel 17:12Do now say to the rebellious family, Know ye not what these things mean? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took away its king and its princes, and he brought them unto himself to Babylon;
Ezekiel 36:1But thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear ye the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:19[Then] speak unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph,—which is in the hand of Ephraim,—and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will lay them upon him, even the stick of Judah, and make them into 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 →