1. The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man,
2. what is the meaning of this proverb you recite in the land of Israel:“Parents eat sour grapes,but the children’s teeth are set on edge”?
3. As I live—oracle of the Lord God: I swear that none of you will ever repeat this proverb in Israel.
4. For all life is mine: the life of the parent is like the life of the child, both are mine. Only the one who sins shall die!