The word of God comes to Ezekiel concerning a proverb among the exiles: the fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge, expressing the exilic community's sense of unjust punishment for ancestral sins. This proverb reflects a fatalistic understanding of corporate judgment, where the current generation bears consequences for past transgressions they did not commit. The theological problem posed by this saying requires direct divine clarification to reorient Israel's understanding of individual accountability.

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