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Then the word of the LORDcame to me, saying,
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"1What do you mean by usingthisproverbconcerning the land of Israel, saying, '2The fatherseat the sourgrapes, But the children'steethaare set on edge '?
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"As I live," declares the LordbGOD, "you are surely not going to usethisproverb in Israelanymore.
4"Behold, 3allcsouls are Mine; the dsoul of the father as well as the esoul of the son is Mine. The fsoul who 4sins will die.
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"But if a man is righteous and practicesjustice and righteousness,
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and does not 5eat at the mountain shrines or 6lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or 7defile his neighbor'swife or approach a woman during her menstrualperiod -
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