44 “‘Look, everyone who uses proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

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44 “‘Everyone who quotes proverbs(A) will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

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44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel:

‘The fathers eat sour grapes,(A)
and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?(B)

As I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“you will no longer use this proverb in Israel.(C)

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“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:

“‘The parents eat sour grapes,
    and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?(A)

“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb(B) in Israel.

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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?

As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

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