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? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken its king and its rulers, and brings them to himself to Babylon.
Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean? You crush My people and grind the faces of the poor? says the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.
Romans 9:20
No, but, O man, who are you who replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me this way?
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, so says the Lord Jehovah to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel 25:3
And say to the Ammonites, Hear the Word of the Lord Jehovah. So says the Lord Jehovah: Because you said, Aha, against My sanctuary when it was defiled, and against the land of Israel when it was ruined, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity;
Ezekiel 36:1
Also, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the Word of Jehovah.
Ezekiel 37:11
And He said to 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 by ourselves.
The fathers
Jeremiah 15:4
And I will make them a horror to all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall not say any more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the sons are dull.
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.
Matthew 23:36
Truly I say to you, All these things shall come on this generation.
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall not say any more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the sons are dull.
Ezekiel 18:29
Yet says the house of Israel: The way of Jehovah is not fair. O house of Israel, are not My ways fair? Are not your ways unfair?