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NASB | Jeremiah 31:29 "In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 31:29 "In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.' [Ezek 18:2] |
Bible Question: What does it mean in Ezekiel 18:2. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? |
Bible Answer: jUST AS IT TAKES TIME FOR A GRAPE TO BECOME SOUR, SO WOULD GOD SPEW US OUT OF HIS MOUTH, FOR BEING BITTER AND FILLED WITH SIN, EVEN CONTINUEOUS SIN AS A GRAPE TURNS SOUR.WE BECOME SOUR TO THE LORD WHEN WE LIVE IN SIN,UNREPENTANT SIN. J. VERNON MAGEE WROTE, The children of Israel had a proverb they used, and it is mentioned twice by Jeremiah. In Jeremiah 31:29 we read, "In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge." And then in Lamentations 5:7 we find, "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities." I believe the people had built this proverb upon a passage back in Exodus: "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me" (Exod. 20:5). The problem is that the proverb they drew from this verse is incorrect. That is the danger in lifting out one verse of Scripture without considering its context. This is a false proverb: The fathers ate the grapes, and the children paid the penalty. That is true to a certain extent, but God judges the individual, father or son, according to his conduct. This is not a judgment for eternal life, but a judgment in this life according as a man obeys or disobeys Him. LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS RCSCROLL |
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