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 house of contradiction, Knew ye not what are these? Say, Behold, the king of Babel coming to Jerusalem, and he will take her king and her chiefs, and bring them to him into Babel.
Isaiah 3:15
Why will ye crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord Jehovah of armies.
Romans 9:20
Surely, O man, who art thou replying against God? Shall the formation say to him having formed, Why hest thou made me so
The land
Ezekiel 6:2
Son of man, set thy face to the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Ezekiel 7:2
And thou son of man, thus said the Lord Jehovah to the land of Israel: An end, the end came upon the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel 25:3
And say to the sons of Ammon, Hear ye, the word of the Lord Jehovah, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy saying, Aha! to my holy place, when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate, and to the house of Judah, when they went into captivity.
Ezekiel 36:1
And thou son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah:
Ezekiel 37:11
And he will say to me, Son of man, these bones all the house of Israel: behold them saying, Our bones were dried up, and our hope perished, and we were cut off to us.
The fathers
Jeremiah 15:4
And I gave them for maltreatment to all the kingdoms because of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no more say, The fathers ate sour grapes and the sons' teeth will be blunted.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned, they are not; we bore their iniquities.
Matthew 23:36
Truly I say to you, All these shall come upon this generation.
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no more say, The fathers ate sour grapes and the sons' teeth will be blunted.
Ezekiel 18:29
And the house of Israel said, The way of Jehovah will not make even. Will not my ways make even, O house of Israel, shall not your way not make even?