Ezekiel 18:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

The land of Israel — The two tribes, not the ten. The fathers — Our fore — fathers. Have eaten — Have sinned. The childrens — We their children, who were unborn, suffer for their sins.

Ezekiel 18:2

2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?