Cross references

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:

‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,

and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

Ezekiel 18:2 BSB

Ezekiel 18:2 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 31:29–30 (14 votes) and Lamentations 5:7 (13 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Leviticus 26 to Romans 9.

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Which verses does Ezekiel 18:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

  2. Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

  3. Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

  4. you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’

  5. Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

  6. “Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

  7. They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

  8. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

  9. “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them. You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

  10. Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,

Which verses point to Ezekiel 18:2?

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