What do you mean by quoting this proverb upon the soil of Israel, “Parents eat sour grapes and their children’s teeth are blunted”?ablunted In contrast to others “set on edge.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
מהלכם
135
אתם
441
משלים
420
אתהמשל
776
הזה
17
עלאדמת
545
ישראל
541
לאמר
271
אבות
409
יאכלו
67
בסר
262
ושני
366
הבנים
107
תקהינה
570
Ezekiel 18:3
Gematria: 1807
חיאנינאםאדנייהוהאםיהיהלכםעודמשלהמשלהזהבישראל
As I live—declares the Sovereign GOD—this proverb shall no longer be current among you in Israel.
If he has not eaten on the mountainsbon the mountains I.e., in idolatry. Emendation yields “with the blood”; cf. 33.25; Lev. 17.10–11; 19.26. or raised his eyes to the fetishes of the House of Israel; if he has not defiled another man’s wife or approached a menstruous woman;
if he has not wronged anyone; if he has returned the debtor’s pledge to him and has taken nothing by robbery; if he has given bread to the hungry and clothed the naked;
if he has not lent at advance interest or exacted accrued interest;cadvance interest or…accrued interest I.e., interest deducted in advance or interest added at the time of repayment; cf. Lev. 25.36. if he has abstained from wrongdoing and executed true justice between one party and the other;
if he has followed My laws and kept My rules and acted honestly—he is righteous. Such a person shall live—declares the Sovereign GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בחקותי
526
יהלך
65
ומשפטי
445
שמר
540
לעשות
806
אמת
441
צדיק
204
הוא
12
חיה
23
יחיה
33
נאם
91
אדני
65
יהוה
26
Ezekiel 18:10
Gematria: 1456
והולידבןפריץשפךדםועשהאחמאחדמאלה
Suppose, now, that he has begotten a son who is a ruffian, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things,ddoes any of these things Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והוליד
61
בןפריץ
432
שפך
400
דם
44
ועשה
381
אח
9
מאחד
53
מאלה
76
Ezekiel 18:11
Gematria: 2765
והואאתכלאלהלאעשהכיגםאלההריםאכלואתאשתרעהוטמא
whereas he himself did none of these things. That is, [the son] has eaten on the mountains,eon the mountains See note at v. 6. has defiled another man’s wife,
has lent at advance interest, or exacted accrued interest—shall he live? He shall not live! If he has committed any of these abominations, he shall die; he has forfeited his life.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בנשך
372
נתן
500
ותרבית
1018
לקח
138
וחי
24
לא
31
יחיה
33
את
401
כלהתועבות
939
האלה
41
עשה
375
מות
446
יומת
456
דמיו
60
בו
8
יהיה
30
Ezekiel 18:14
Gematria: 2873
והנההולידבןויראאתכלחטאתאביואשרעשהויראהולאיעשהכהן
Now suppose that he, in turn, has begotten a son who has seen all the sins that his father committed, but has taken heed and has not imitated them:
He has not eaten upon the mountainsfupon the mountains See note at v. 6. or raised his eyes to the fetishes of the House of Israel; he has not defiled another man’s wife;
he has refrained from oppressing the poor;grefrained from oppressing the poor Lit. “turned his hand back from the poor.” Emendation yields “abstained from wrongdoing”; cf. v. 8. he has not exacted advance or accrued interest; he has obeyed My rules and followed My laws—he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, but shall live.
and now you ask, “Why has not the son shared the burden of his father’s guilt?” But the son has done what is right and just, and has carefully kept all My laws: he shall live!
Only the person who sins shall die. A child shall not share the burden of a parent’s guilt, nor shall a parent share the burden of a child’s guilt; the righteousness of the righteous shall be accounted to them alone, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be accounted to them alone.
Moreover, if someone wicked repents of all the sins that were committed and keeps all My laws and does what is just and right, they shall live; they shall not die.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והרשע
581
כי
30
ישוב
318
מכלחטאתו
514
אשר
501
עשה
375
ושמר
546
אתכלחקותי
975
ועשה
381
משפט
429
וצדקה
205
חיה
23
יחיה
33
לא
31
ימות
456
Ezekiel 18:22
Gematria: 3213
כלפשעיואשרעשהלאיזכרולובצדקתואשרעשהיחיה
None of the transgressions they committed shall be remembered against them; because of the righteousness they have practiced, they shall live.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כלפשעיו
516
אשר
501
עשה
375
לא
31
יזכרו
243
לו
36
בצדקתו
602
אשרעשה
876
יחיה
33
Ezekiel 18:23
Gematria: 2287
החפץאחפץמותרשענאםאדנייהוההלואבשובומדרכיווחיהס
Is it my desire that the wicked shall die?—says the Sovereign GOD. It is rather that they shall turn back from their ways and live.
So, too, if someone righteous turns away from righteousness and does wrong, practicing the very abominations that the wicked person practiced, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they did shall be remembered; because of the treachery they have practiced and the sins they have committed—because of these, they shall die.
Be assured, O House of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to your own ways—declares the Sovereign GOD. Repent and turn back from all your transgressions; let them not be a stumbling block of guilt for you.