In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
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Gill's Exposition
In those days they shall say no more,.... The following proverb or byword; they should have no occasion to use it, nor should they choose to use it; since they would understand themselves, and the…
The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have…
The prophet, having found his sleep sweet, made so by the revelations of divine grace, sets himself to sleep again, in hopes of further discoveries, and is not disappointed; for it is here further…
The words "The fathers have eaten, etc." occur also in Eze 18:2, where they are spoken of as a proverb. The people complain that they are being punished for the sins of an earlier generation (perhaps…