Jeremiah 31:29

“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’

Majority Standard Bible

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

28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

30Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 31:30Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

Ezekiel 18:2“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

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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