Ezekiel 18:2 — “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,
‘The fat… — AMP | maBible
Read Ezekiel 18:2 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Ezekiel 18.2, Ezekiel 18v2, Ez. 18:2. “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,
‘The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Other reference formats: Ezekiel 18.2, Ezekiel 18v2, Ez. 18:2.
2 “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,
‘The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Notes and references
This proverb is generally interpreted to mean that the subsequent generations suffer (“the children’s teeth are set on edge”) for the sins of their ancestors (“the fathers eat sour grapes”). The Israelites were using this well-known proverb as an excuse to blame their forefathers for their sufferin…