Jeremiah 31:30

But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

In Context

29In those days they shall say no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

31Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.

Ezekiel 3:24Then spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and He spoke with me, and said unto me: 'Go, shut thyself within thy house.

Ezekiel 18:20The soul that sinneth, it shall die; the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father with him, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son with him; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 33:13When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, for it shall he die.

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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