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Ezekiel 18:2

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What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
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  1. Jeremiah 31:29–30Rank 1 from verse 2
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    29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

    30But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

  2. Lamentations 5:7Rank 2 from verse 2
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    7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

  3. Ezekiel 37:11Rank 3 from verse 2
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    11¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

  4. Ezekiel 37:19Rank 4 from verse 2
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    19Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

  5. Ezekiel 17:12Rank 5 from verse 2
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    12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

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Ezekiel 18:2

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mean

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Sense 1: To intend, purpose, signify, or have in view; lowly, common, or of little worldly distinction, with ‘no mean’ indicating the opposite; middle or intervening, as in the mean time. Sense 2: A means, instrument, method, or agency by which something is done.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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use

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Sense 1: Employment, purpose, or customary practice. Sense 2: As a verb, to employ or be accustomed.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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eaten

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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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sour

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Sense 1: Acid, tart, or sharp to the taste. Sense 2: Turned or spoiled by becoming acid.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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teeth

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1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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1THE word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

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3As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

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