1. Then another message came to me from the lord:
2. “Why do you quote this proverb concerning the land of Israel: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children’s mouths pucker at the taste’?
3. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign lord, you will not quote this proverb anymore in Israel.
4. For all people are mine to judge—both parents and children alike. And this is my rule: The person who sins is the one who will die.
5. “Suppose a certain man is righteous and does what is just and right.