Ezekiel 18:2
Context| NETBible | “What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “‘The fathers eat sour grapes And the children’s teeth become numb?’ 1 |
| XREF | Isa 3:15; Jer 15:4; Jer 31:29,30; La 5:7; Eze 6:2,3; Eze 7:2; Eze 17:12; Eze 25:3; Eze 36:1-6; Eze 37:11,19,25; Mt 23:36; Ro 9:20 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn This word only occurs here and in the parallel passage in Jer 31:29-30 in the Qal stem and in Eccl 10:10 in the Piel stem. In the latter passage it refers to the bluntness of an ax that has not been sharpened. Here the idea is of the “bluntness” of the teeth, not from having ground them down due to the bitter taste of sour grapes but to the fact that they have lost their “edge,” “bite,” or “sharpness” because they are numb from the sour taste. For this meaning for the word, see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 2:197. |
