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“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’?

Ezekiel 18:2 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીહઝકિયેલ ૧૮:૨
“તમે શા કારણથી, ઇઝરાયલ દેશ વિષે આ કહેવતનો ઉપયોગ કરો છે? ‘પિતાઓએ ખાટી દ્રાક્ષા ખાધી છે અને છોકરાઓના દાંત ખટાઈ ગયા છે?”
हिन्दीयहेजकेल १८:२
“तुम लोग जो इस्राएल के देश के विषय में यह कहावत कहते हो, ‘खट्टे अंगूर खाए तो पिताओं ने, परन्तु दाँत खट्टे हुए बच्चों के।’ इसका क्या अर्थ है?

In context

1The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,

2“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’?

3“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.

4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.

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