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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 a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. (Jer. 31:29)

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

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mean.

Ezek. 17:12• ¹²Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; (Ezek. 17:12)

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Isa. 3:15• ¹⁵What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts. (Isa. 3:15)

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Rom. 9:20• ²⁰Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that 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, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. (Ezek. 6:2‑3)

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Ezek. 7:2• ²Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God 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 Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; (Ezek. 25:3)

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Ezek. 36:1‑6• ¹Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
²Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
³Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:
⁴Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
⁵Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
⁶Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: (Ezek. 36:1‑6)

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Ezek. 37:11,19,25• ¹¹Then 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 for our parts.
¹⁹Say unto 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 fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine 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, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. (Ezek. 37:11,19,25)

The fathers.

Jer. 15:4• ⁴And I will cause them to be removed into all 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 a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
³⁰But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. (Jer. 31:29‑30)

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Lam. 5:7• ⁷Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne 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."