“What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying:

‘The (A)fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

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(A)Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.

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29 (A)In those days they shall say no more:

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

30 (B)But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

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19 (A)say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take (B)the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ’

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25 (A)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, (B)forever; and (C)My servant David shall be their prince forever.

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11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the (A)whole house of Israel. They indeed say, (B)‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

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12 “Say now to (A)the rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Indeed (B)the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon.

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I will hand them over to (A)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of (B)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

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15 What do you mean by (A)crushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?”
Says the Lord God of hosts.

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20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? (A)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

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36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

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Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Because you said, ‘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,

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“Son of man, (A)set your face toward the (B)mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: “Indeed I, even I, will bring a sword against you, and (C)I will destroy your [a]high places.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:3 Places for pagan worship

“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel:

(A)‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

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Blessing on Israel

36 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the (A)mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Because (B)the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! (C)The [a]ancient heights (D)have become our possession,’ ” ’ therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, (E)and you are taken up by the lips of (F)talkers and slandered by the people”— therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the [b]rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which (G)became plunder and (H)mockery to the rest of the nations all around— therefore thus says the Lord God: (I)“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, (J)who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and [c]spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’

“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have (K)borne the shame of the nations.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:2 Or everlasting
  2. Ezekiel 36:4 Or ravines
  3. Ezekiel 36:5 Lit. scorning souls

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