1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel:The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
3. As I live” — this is the declaration of the Lord God — “you will no longer use this proverb in Israel.
4. Look, every life belongs to Me. The life of the father is like the life of the son — both belong to Me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
5. “Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
6. He does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or come near a woman during her menstrual impurity.