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 came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:
Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Romans 9:20
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
The land
Ezekiel 6:2
"Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,
Ezekiel 7:2
"You, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, 'An end: the end has come on the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel 25:3
and tell the children 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 captivity:
Ezekiel 36:1
"You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, 'You 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 is lost; we are completely cut off.'
The fathers
Jeremiah 15:4
I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:29
"In those days they shall say no more, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; we have borne their iniquities.
Matthew 23:36
Truly I tell you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
General references
Jeremiah 31:29
"In those days they shall say no more, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Ezekiel 18:29
Yet the house of Israel says, "The way of the Lord is not fair." "House of Israel, aren't my ways fair? Aren't your ways unfair?"