The one who sins will die

18 The word of the Lord came to me: ‘What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:

‘“The parents eat sour grapes,
    and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child – both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.

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