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Jeremiah 31:29
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“In those days, it will never again be said,
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
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 those days they shall no longer say: "‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
"In those days they will no longer say, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, But it is the children's teeth that have become blunt.'
"At that time people will no longer say: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and that caused the children to grind their teeth from the sour taste.'
"In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
"In those days they will not say again,‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,And the children's teeth are set on edge.'
"In those days, it will no longer be said: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and this has set the children's teeth on edge.'
No longer will anyone go around saying, "Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children."
Rather, each will die for his own sin; every one who eats sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:
"People will not use this saying anymore: ‘The parents ate the sour grapes, but the children got the sour taste.'
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children''s teeth are set on edge.
When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste.'
"In those days they will say no longer, ‘Parents have eaten unripe fruit, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.'
In those days they shall not any more say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the sons are dull.
Then shall it no more be sayde: ye fathers haue eaten a sower grape, and the childrens teth are set on edge:
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.
But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
In those dayes they shall say no more, The fathers haue eaten a sowre grape, and the childrens teeth are set on edge.
Then shall it no more be sayde, The fathers haue eaten a sowre grape, and the childrens teeth are set on edge:
And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up.
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
In tho daies thei schulen no more seie, The fadres eeten a sour grape, and the teeth of sones weren astonyed; but ech man schal die in his wickidnesse,
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the sons are set on edge.
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
"When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.'
In those days they shall say no more: "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'
"The people will no longer quote this proverb: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children's mouths pucker at the taste.'
"In those days they will no longer say, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children got the sour taste.'
In those days they shall no longer say: "The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge."
In those days, shall they say no more, Fathers, did eat sour grapes, - And, children's teeth, are blunted!
In those days they shall say no more: The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.
In those days they shall no longer say: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.
"When that time comes you won't hear the old proverb anymore, Parents ate the green apples, their children got the stomachache.
"In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeremiah 31:30, Lamentations 5:7, Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel 18:3
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:39 - and also Deuteronomy 24:16 - General 2 Chronicles 25:4 - as it is written Ezekiel 18:20 - soul that
Cross-References
And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.
Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past:
And the Lorde had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wilbe with thee.
For in ramming time I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, & beholde, ye hee goates leaped vpon the shee goates, that were partie coloured with litle and great spots spotted.
And the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob. And I answered, Lo, I am here.
And God came to Laban the Aramite in a dreame by night, and sayde vnto him, Take heede that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.
This twenty yere I haue bin with thee: thine ewes & thy goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
Whatsoeuer was torne of beasts, I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stollen by day or stollen by night.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Izhak had bene with me, surely thou haddest sent me away nowe emptie: but God behelde my tribulation, & the labour of mine hads, & rebuked thee yester night.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In those days they shall say no more,.... The following proverb or byword; they should have no occasion to use it, nor should they choose to use it; since they would understand themselves, and the dispensations of Providence towards them, better than to use it:
the fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge; that is, the fathers have sinned, and the children are punished for their sins. So the Targum,
"the fathers have sinned, and the children are smitten.''
This was in some sense true; they were punished for their fathers' sins in the captivity, particularly for Manasseh's; nor was it unusual with God to visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children; nor at all unjust, since they were a part of their parents, and especially since they were guilty of the same sins; nor is it thought unjust among men to punish children for the treason of their parents, as every sin is treason against God. But this was not all that was meant by this proverb; the sense of those that used it was, that they themselves were quite clear and innocent, and that they only suffered for their fathers' faults; which was false, of which they should be convinced, and use the proverb no more, as charging God with injustice.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have themselves committed, and that God’s covenant depends not upon external sanctions, but upon a renewed heart.
Jeremiah 31:27
So rapid shall be the increase that it shall seem as if children and young cattle sprang up out of the ground.
Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30
A sour grape - Better, sour grapes. The idea that Jeremiah and Ezekiel (marginal reference) modified the terms of the second Commandment arises from a mistaken exegesis of their words. Compare Jeremiah 32:18; Deuteronomy 24:16. The obdurate Jews made it a reproach to the divine justice that the nation was to be sorely visited for Manasseh’s sin. But this was only because generation after generation had, instead of repenting, repeated the sins of that evil time, and even in a worse form. justice must at length have its course. The acknowledgment that each man died for his own iniquity was a sign of their return to a more just and right state of feeling.
Jeremiah 31:31
A time is foretold which shall be to the nation as marked an epoch as was the Exodus. God at Sinai made a covenant with His people, of which the sanctions were material, or (where spiritual) materially understood. Necessarily therefore the Mosaic Church was temporary, but the sanctions of Jeremiah’s Church are spiritual - written in the heart - and therefore it must take the place of the former covenant Hebrews 8:13, and must last forever. The prophecy was fulfilled when those Jews who accepted Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah, expanded the Jewish into the Christian Church.
Jeremiah 31:32
Although ... - i. e., although as their husband (or, “lord” (Baal, compare Hosea 2:16)) I had lawful authority over them. The translation in Hebrews 8:9 agrees with the Septuagint here, but the balance of authority is in favor of the King James Version.
Jeremiah 31:33
The old law could be broken Jeremiah 31:32; to remedy this God gives, not a new law, but a new power to the old law. It used to be a mere code of morals, external to man, and obeyed as a duty. In Christianity, it becomes an inner force, shaping man’s character from within.
Jeremiah 31:34
I will forgive their iniquity - The foundation of the new covenant is the free forgiveness of sins (compare Matthew 1:21). It is the sense of this full unmerited love which so affects the heart as to make obedience henceforward an inner necessity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 31:29. The fathers have eaten a sour grape — A proverbial expression for, "The children suffer for the offences of their parents." This is explained in the next verse: "Every one shall die for his own iniquity." No child shall suffer Divine punition for the sin of his father; only so far as he acts in the same way can he be said to bear the sins of his parents.
