Jeremiah 31:29-30

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

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
    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.
  2. 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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