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Ezek. 18:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fatherso have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

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Jer. 31:29• ²⁹In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge: (Jer. 31:29)

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Lam. 5:7• ⁷Our fathers have sinned, and they are not; and we bear their iniquities. (Lam. 5:7)

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Ezek. 17:12• ¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things are? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon. (Ezek. 17:12)

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Isa. 3:15• ¹⁵What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 3:15)

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Rom. 9:20• ²⁰Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? (Rom. 9:20)

the land.

Ezek. 6:2‑3• ²Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
³and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, do bring a sword upon you, and will destroy your high places. (Ezek. 6:2‑3)

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Ezek. 7:2• ²And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel: An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. (Ezek. 7:2)

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Ezek. 25:3• ³and say unto the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity: (Ezek. 25:3)

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Ezek. 36:1‑6• ¹And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.
²Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are become ours in possession;
³therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:
⁴therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and a derision to the remnant of the nations that are round about,
⁵--therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the remnant of the nations, and against the whole of Edom, which have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to plunder it by pillage.
⁶Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the ignominy of the nations; (Ezek. 36:1‑6)

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Ezek. 37:11,19,25• ¹¹And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!
¹⁹say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and will put them with this, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
²⁵And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. (Ezek. 37:11,19,25)

The fathers.

Jer. 15:4• ⁴And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither amongst all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. (Jer. 15:4)

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Jer. 31:29‑30• ²⁹In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:
³⁰for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. (Jer. 31:29‑30)

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Lam. 5:7• ⁷Our fathers have sinned, and they are not; and we bear their iniquities. (Lam. 5:7)

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Matt. 23:36• ³⁶Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. (Matt. 23:36)

• At the captivity God acts on the murmuring of His people and ends any further governmental dealings on the ground of Ex. 34:6, 7. Henceforth He would take them on their own terms; and as they complained of the hardship of suffering for the delinquencies of their fathers, He would now give them their own deserts. (“Notes on Ezekiel 18-19” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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What mean ye, ye who use this proverb ofb the land of Israel, saying, The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

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Or "in."