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What does Ezekiel 18:3 mean?

"“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel."

— Ezekiel 18:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Yahweh’s word came to me again, saying,

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“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

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“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.

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Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul who sins, he shall die.

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“But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

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and has not eaten on the mountains, hasn’t lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hasn’t defiled his neighbor’s wife, hasn’t come near a woman in her impurity,

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