Ezekiel 18:2 (WEB)
“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.40Book VIII
“…this language is not to be taken literally; for he reproves those who say, “Our fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge,” and then he adds, “As I live, saith the Lord, every one shall die for his own sin.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 2–4.
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John Chrysostom
“This supposition He re moveth by the mouth of Ezekiel; “As I live saith the Lord, this proverb shall not be, that is used, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” ( Ezek. xviii. 3, 2.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…wives so be as if they have not,” because “the time is compressed;” and “the sour grape” chewed by “the fathers” has ceased “to set the sons’ teeth on edge,” for, “each one shall die in his own sin;” and “eunuchs” not only have lost ignominy, but have even deserved grace, being invited into “the kingdoms of the…” — editor's note: See Jer. xxxi. 29, 30 (in LXX. xxxviii. 29, 30); Ezek. xviii. 1–4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And it was this new covenant that was prophesied of, when it was said by Ezekiel, that the sons should not bear the iniquity of the fathers, and that it should no longer be a proverb in Israel, “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 2
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Cross-references · 6
Parallel passages
Jeremiah 31:29 and Ezekiel 18:2 share the same wording (14 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 46.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 46.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.