Jeremiah 31:27-30

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

27 g "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when h I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with i the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that j as I have watched over them k to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, j so I will watch over them l to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

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

30 n But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:25
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh -
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:11
    And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
    Hosea 2:23
    And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'
    Zechariah 10:9
    Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and with their children they shall live and return.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 22:30
    Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
    Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:27
    Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
    Jeremiah 32:42
    For thus says the Lord : Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:27
    Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
    Jeremiah 32:42
    For thus says the Lord : Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:40
    The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be uprooted or overthrown anymore forever.
    Jeremiah 1:10
    See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:6
    I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:2 - 3
    What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
    Lamentations 5:7
    Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:4
    Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
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