Question 12
Punishment and Hope'The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge'. This is
- A.Ezekiel's message of doom on Israel
- B.a proverb corrected by Ezekiel and Jeremiah and replaced by a new teaching
- C.a proverb quoted favourably by Jeremiah
- D.the mocking of the Assyrians when they conquered Jerusalem
- E.a statement attributed to Ezekiel by false prophets.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: B (a proverb corrected by Ezekiel and Jeremiah and replaced by a new teaching)
Explanation
Both prophets rejected this proverb and taught that each person dies for his own sin (Jeremiah 31:29–30; Ezekiel 18:2–4).