Jeremiah 31:30

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

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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 no more say, “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.”

31Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, That I will make with the house of Israel, And with the house of Judah, a new covenant;

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, For the work of his hands shall be repaid him!

Ezekiel 3:24Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet. And he spake with me, and said to 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, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 33:13When I say concerning the righteous, “He shall surely live,” and he trusteth in his righteousness, and doeth iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered, but for his iniquity which he hath committed shall he die.

Galatians 6:5for every one must bear his own load.

James 1:15then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.

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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