Ezekiel 18:2
Ezekiel · Old Testament · Chapter 18
“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?”Ezekiel 18:2
What Does Ezekiel 18:2 Mean?
Ezekiel 18:2 is found in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 18, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ezekiel 18:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 31:29“In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”Lamentations 5:7“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?”Ezekiel 16:44“Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.”Ezekiel 37:11“Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.”Ezekiel 37:19“Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.”Job 40:2“Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.”Isaiah 3:15“What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”Ezekiel 17:12“Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;”Ezekiel 18:19“Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.”Ezekiel 37:25“And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.”Job 21:19“God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.”Jeremiah 15:4“And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.”Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,”Ezekiel 25:3“And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, 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;”Matthew 23:36“Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.”Romans 9:20“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?”Leviticus 26:39“And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.”Ezekiel 7:2“Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.”Hosea 7:13“Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.”
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