Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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?
The fathers
General references
Bible References
Mean
Ezekiel 17:12
“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.
Isaiah 3:15 “What do you mean by crushing My people
And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the LordGod of hosts.
And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?
The land
Ezekiel 6:2
“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them
Ezekiel 7:2
“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel 25:3
and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,
Ezekiel 36:1
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’
The fathers
Jeremiah 15:4
I will make them an object of horror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:29 “In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth areset on edge.’
‘
And the children’s teeth are
Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
Matthew 23:36 Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
General references
Jeremiah 31:29 “In those days they will not say again,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth areset on edge.’
‘
And the children’s teeth are
Ezekiel 18:29
But the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?