2 What do you mean by this proverb of yours about the land of Israel: "When parents eat unripe grapes, the children's teeth suffer"?
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“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “ ‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
3 As surely as I live, says the LORD God, no longer will you use this proverb in Israel!
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“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
4 All lives are mine; the life of the parent and the life of the child belong to me. Only the one who sins will die.
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For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sins is the one who will die.