1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. “What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “‘The fathers eat sour grapesAnd the children’s teeth become numb?’
3. “As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!
4. Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
5. “Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
6. does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period,