God Deals Justly with Individuals

18 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, (A)What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,

(B)The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teeth [a]are set on edge’?

As I live,” declares the Lord [b]God, “you are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:2 Lit become dull
  2. Ezekiel 18:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch