A moment in scripture
Ezekiel 18:2
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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?
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The surrounding passage
- Ezekiel 18:1
The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
- Ezekiel 18:3
As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
- Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.