1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
Ezekiel 18:1–2
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3 and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile. 4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying: 5 “Before I formed you in the…
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Jeremiah 18:4–6
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Ezekiel 22:16–18
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Ezekiel 11:13–15
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Ezekiel 12:1–2
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