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
“Now say to that rebellious house: Don’t you know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
Isaiah 3:15 Why do you crush My people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.
Romans 9:20
But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
The land
Ezekiel 6:2
“Son of man, turn your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
Ezekiel 7:2
“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the land of Israel:
An end! The end has come
on the four corners of the land.
on the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel 25:3
Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Lord God: This is what the Lord God says: Because you said, ‘Good!’ about My sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile,
Ezekiel 36:1
“Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: 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. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
The fathers
Jeremiah 15:4
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:29
“In those days, it will never again be said:
The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist,
but we bear their punishment.
but we bear their punishment.
Matthew 23:36 I assure you: All these things will come on this generation!
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
“In those days, it will never again be said:
The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel 18:29
But the house of Israel says, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Is it My ways that are unfair, house of Israel? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?