Jeremiah 31:29

In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.

Young's Literal Translation

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 it hath been, as I watched over them to pluck up, And to break down, and to throw down, And to destroy, and to afflict; So do I watch over them to build, and to plant, An affirmation of Jehovah.

30But — each for his own iniquity doth die, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, Blunted are his teeth.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 31:30But — each for his own iniquity doth die, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, Blunted are his teeth.

Ezekiel 18:2'What — to you, ye — using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?

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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