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.
6. He does not feast in the mountains before Israel’s idols or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period.