Ezekiel 18:1–4

The One Who Sins Will Die

18 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “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’?j

3 “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverbk in Israel. 4 For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me. The one who sinsl is the one who will die.m