1. The Lord spoke his word to me. He said:
2. “What do you mean by using this saying about the land of Israel:‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes.And that caused the children to grind their teeth from the sour taste’?
3. “As surely as I live, says the Lord God, this is true: You will not use this saying in Israel anymore.
4. Every living thing belongs to me. The life of the father is mine. And the life of the son is mine. The person who sins will die.
5. “There may be a good person. This person does what is fair and right.
6. He does not eat at the mountain places of worship. He does not look to the idols of Israel for help. He does not commit adultery with his neighbor’s wife. He does not have physical relations with a woman during her time of monthly bleeding.