Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 18:2
The land of Israel — The two tribes, not the ten. The fathers — Our fore — fathers. Have eaten — Have sinned. The childrens — We their children, who were unborn, suffer for their sins.
The land of Israel — The two tribes, not the ten. The fathers — Our fore — fathers. Have eaten — Have sinned. The childrens — We their children, who were unborn, suffer for their sins.
Verse Ezekiel 18:2. _THE FATHERS HAVE EATEN SOUR GRAPES, AND THE CHILDREN'S_ _TEETH ARE SET ON EDGE?_] We have seen this proverb already, Jeremiah 31:29, c., and have considered its general meaning....
CONCERNING THE LAND OF ISRAEL - Rather, “in the land of Israel,” i. e., upon Israel’s soil, the last place where such a paganish saying should be expected. The saying was general among the people both...
Ezekiel 18:1. In Ezekiel 18:1, we find the false accusation against God and the divine answer, and this is followed in Ezekiel 18:5 by the conditions of life, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die” ...
EZEKIEL 18. THE PRINCIPLE OF RETRIBUTION. From many points of view the imminent doom has been abundantly justified. But on whom will it fall? on the innocent and guilty alike? This chapter proclaims t...
THE LAND. the soil. Hebrew. _'admatk_. See note on Ezekiel 11:17. The fathers, &c. Compare Jeremiah 31:29; Jeremiah 31:30. CHILDREN'S. sons....
_concerning the land_ Rather, IN the land, lit, upon: cf. Ezekiel 18:3 "in Israel." _fathers have eaten_ Or, the fathers eat; the proverb being thrown into a general form. The proverb, already noticed...
WHAT MEAN YE, &C.— See Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 31:40....
CHAPTER NINE DOCTRINES AND DIRGES 18:1-19:14 In Chapter s 18 and 19 Ezekiel brings to a close the long section of his book which began in chapter 12. The prophet's purpose in these eight Chapter s ha...
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? WHAT MEAN YE, THAT YE USE THIS PROVERB CO...
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THE FATHERS, etc.] The same proverb is quoted and refuted in Jeremiah 31:29; Jeremiah 31:30....
GOD'S EQUITY VINDICATED The popular view of Israel's calamities, as expressed in a current proverb, was that they were the punishment of the sins of former generations. Though there was a measure of t...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 18 * In this chapter, the *Lord explains that each person...
WHAT MEAN YE? — Almost the same expression occurs in Ezekiel 12:22. The literal translation would be, _What is it to you who are using this proverb?_ and the sense is “_Why_ do you, &c.?” _Proverb_ sh...
מַה ־לָּכֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֙ מֹֽשְׁלִים֙ אֶת ־הַ מָּש
THE RELIGION OF THE INDIVIDUAL Ezekiel 18:1 IN the sixteenth chapter, as we have seen, Ezekiel has asserted in the most unqualified terms the validity of the principle of national retribution. The na...
The next prophecy was directed against the false attitude of mind obtaining among the exiled people, which had expressed itself in a proverb, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's te...
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, (a) The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? (a) The people murmured at the chastisi...
Edge. Those in captivity would not allow that they were punished for their own sins: God convinces them of the contrary. (Worthington) --- They knew that he often visited the sins of the fathers upon...
It should seem by the scope of reasoning the Lord is pleased to adopt in this chapter, that the proverb here used was an indirect reflection upon God. It was probably the scoffer's comment upon the se...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 contains an important principle of the dealings of God, unfolded at that period. God would judge the individual according to his own con...
WHAT MEAN YE, THAT YE USE THIS PROVERB CONCERNING THE LAND OF ISRAEL,.... This is spoken to the Jews in Babylon, who used the following proverb concerning the land of Israel; not the ten tribes, but t...
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? Ver. 2. _What mean you?_] Or, What is come...
_What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel_ With respect to the desolations made in it by the sword, famine, and pestilence. _The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the chi...
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, literally, "upon the land of Israel," in the sense of something that is harmful and wrong, SAYING, THE FATHERS HAVE EATEN SOUR GRA...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOUR GRAPES...
1-20 The soul that sinneth it shall die. As to eternity, every man was, is, and will be dealt with, as his conduct shows him to have been under the old covenant of works, or the new covenant of grace...
WHAT CAUSE HAVE YOU, or what would you have men think of your carriage to me, and of mine towards you, that ye who are now in Babylon openly, unjustly, and impudently justify yourselves, and condemn y...
Ezekiel 18:2 use H4911 (H8802) proverb H4912 land H127 Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) fathers H1 eaten...
“What do you mean that you use this proverb about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'? As I live,” says Yahweh, “you will not hav...
Ezekiel 18:2 It is not strange that so well known a law as the fatal persistency with which evil follows on from generation to generation, should find its expression in the Proverbs of Israel, but it...
Ezekiel 18:1 This chapter helps us to clear up a puzzle which has tormented the minds of men in all ages whenever they have thought of God, and of whether God meant them well or meant them ill. For al...
CONTENTS: Ethical instructions for Israel in captivity. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: He who makes conscience of conforming in everything to the will of God, who makes it his business to serv...
Ezekiel 18:2. _The fathers have eaten sour_ (unripe) _grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge._ Chaldaic, the children follow them. This proverb threw the blame on their fathers, on Adam, on...
_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?_ SINS OF FATHERS VISITED ON THEIR CHILDREN...
A FLAME, A FOX, AND AN ENVIOUS PERSON Sour grapes. Ezekiel 18:2. Did you ever notice the blackness of the ceiling above a gas bracket? There is usually a smoky circle on the white ceiling exactly ab...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 18:1 God holds each generation accountable for its own sins. ⇐ ⇔...
THE EQUITY OF THE DIVINE JUSTICE (chap. 18) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The judgments announced in chaps. 8, 11, were intended to bring Israel to repentance. But this salutary purpose was frustrated by the mann...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 18:1, EZEKIEL 18:2 WHAT MEAN YE, THAT YE USE THIS PROVERB, etc.? Another and entirely different section opens, and we see at once from what it started. Ezekiel had heard from the l...
CHAPTER 18. THE RETRIBUTIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. Ezekiel 18:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_ Ezekiel 18:2. _Why do ye use this proverb upon the land of Israel, saying, The fathers...
Now there are instructions for those who have been taken to Babylon, and Ezekiel now turns and speaks to them. The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, What mean ye, that you use this proverb conce...
Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel 37:11; Ezekiel