Verse 2

Ezekiel 18:2

Young's Literal Translation

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2 'What -- to you, ye -- using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?

Original Language Text

hebrew

מַה לָּ/כֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֙ מֹֽשְׁלִים֙ אֶת הַ/מָּשָׁ֣ל הַ/זֶּ֔ה עַל אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אָבוֹת֙ יֹ֣אכְלוּ בֹ֔סֶר וְ/שִׁנֵּ֥י הַ/בָּנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה

English Translation

What is this proverb that you are using in the land of Israel, saying, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge"?

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Chapter 18 Context

1 'And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: Focus ↗

2 'What -- to you, ye -- using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unr...

3 I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Ye have no more the use of this simile in Israel. Focus ↗

4 Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son -- they are Mine,... Focus ↗

5 And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness, Focus ↗

6 On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Is... Focus ↗

7 A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away... Focus ↗

8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True j... Focus ↗

9 In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous [is] he, he s... Focus ↗

10 And -- he hath begotten a son, A burglar -- a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of... Focus ↗

11 And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbo... Focus ↗

12 The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth no... Focus ↗

13 In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations... Focus ↗

14 And -- lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and h... Focus ↗

15 On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Is... Focus ↗

16 A man -- he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His... Focus ↗

17 From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments... Focus ↗

18 His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which [is] not g... Focus ↗

19 And ye have said, Wherefore hath not the son, Borne of the iniquity of the father? And -- the son ju... Focus ↗

20 The soul that doth sin -- it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a fath... Focus ↗

21 And the wicked -- when he turneth back From all his sins that he hath done, And he hath kept all My... Focus ↗

22 All his transgressions that he hath done Are not remembered to him, In his righteousness that he hat... Focus ↗

23 Do I at all desire the death of the wicked? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Is it not in his tur... Focus ↗

24 And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, Accord... Focus ↗

25 And ye have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord. Hear, I pray you, O house of Israel, My way -... Focus ↗

26 In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is... Focus ↗

27 And in the turning back of the wicked From his wickedness that he hath done, And he doth judgment an... Focus ↗

28 And he seeth and turneth back, From all his transgressions that he hath done, He doth surely live, h... Focus ↗

29 And the house of Israel have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord, My ways -- are they not pond... Focus ↗

30 Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jeh... Focus ↗

31 Cast from off you all your transgressions, By which ye have transgressed, And make to you a new hear... Focus ↗

32 For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And turn ye ba... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 18 (32 verses)
Version: Young's Literal Translation

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