2 "What do you18:2 The Hebrew for you is plural mean [ch. 12:22;16:44] by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, Jer. 31:29‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’? 3 See ch. 16:48As I live, declares the Lord God, Jer. 31:29,30this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: ver. 20the soul who sins shall die.
20 ver. 4The soul who sins shall die. See 2 Kgs. 14:6The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. Isa. 3:10,11The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, [Rom. 2:9]and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.