Jeremiah 31:29

In those days, they will no longer say: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’

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In The King James Version

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

In Context

28And just as I have watched over them, so that I may root up, and tear down, and scatter, and destroy, and afflict, so will I watch over them, so that I may build and plant them, says the Lord.

30Instead, each one will die for his own iniquity. Each man who will have eaten a bitter grape, his own teeth will be affected.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 31:30Instead, each one will die for his own iniquity. Each man who will have eaten a bitter grape, his own teeth will be affected.

Ezekiel 18:2“Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:28-35

God's Covenant Renewed. ( b. c. 594.) 27 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord . 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are… Read the whole commentary →

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