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/><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In those days they shall no longer say: “‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In those days they shall say no more: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In those days they will no longer say, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, But <i>it is</i> the children’s teeth <i>that</i> have become blunt.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220In those days they will not say again, &#8216The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children&#8217s teeth are set on edge.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“In those days they will not say again, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“In those days they will not say again, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“In those days they will not say again, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In those days, it will never again be said, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220In those days, it will never again be said: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children&#8217s teeth are set on edge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No longer will anyone go around saying, "Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"When those days come, people will no longer say, 'Fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children's teeth are set on edge.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"In those days people will no longer say, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have been set on edge.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"In those days they shall say no more, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“In those days they will say no more, “‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“In those days they no longer say: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, "" And the sons’ teeth are blunted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In those days they shall no more say, The fathers ate sour grapes and the sons teeth will be blunted.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In those days, they will no longer say: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In those days they shall no longer say, “The parents ate unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge,” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In those days they shall no longer say: “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In those days they shall not say again, ‘The fathers ate sour grapes and the teeth of the children are set on edge’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In those days they shall say no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />In those days they shall certainly not say, The fathers ate a sour grape, and the children's teeth were set on edge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9495" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Mourning Turned to Joy</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hā·hêm (Art:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">“In those</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yā·mîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">it will no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">longer</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">be said:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇō·wṯ (N-mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">‘The fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ā·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">have eaten</a> <a href="/hebrew/1155.htm" title="1155: ḇō·ser (N-ms) -- Unripe or sour grapes. From the same as becer.">sour grapes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8127.htm" title="8127: wə·šin·nê (Conj-w:: N-cdc) -- Tooth, ivory. From shanan; a tooth; specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff.">and the teeth</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇā·nîm (N-mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of the children</a> <a href="/hebrew/6949.htm" title="6949: tiq·he·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To be blunt or dull. A primitive root; to be dull.">are set on edge.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Ezekiel 18:2-4</a></span><br />“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’? / As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. / Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Lamentations 5:7</a></span><br />Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-16.htm">Deuteronomy 24:16</a></span><br />Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/14-6.htm">2 Kings 14:6</a></span><br />Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Ezekiel 18:19-20</a></span><br />Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live. / The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></span><br />You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></span><br />‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm">Isaiah 65:20</a></span><br />No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-5.htm">Galatians 6:5</a></span><br />For each one should carry his own load.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-12.htm">Romans 14:12</a></span><br />So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-27.htm">Matthew 16:27</a></span><br />For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm">2 Corinthians 5:10</a></span><br />For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-2.htm">John 9:2-3</a></span><br />and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/9-12.htm">Proverbs 9:12</a></span><br />If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Jeremiah 31:30</a></b></br> But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Lamentations 5:7</a></b></br> Our fathers have sinned, <i>and are</i> not; and we have borne their iniquities.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Ezekiel 18:2,3</a></b></br> What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-21.htm">Blunted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm">Children's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-7.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-3.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Grape</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-6.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">Sour</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Tasting</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Teeth</a> <a href="/job/15-33.htm">Unripe</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Blunted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Children's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-33.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Grape</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Sour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Tasting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Teeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Unripe</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-1.htm">The restoration of Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">The publication thereof.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Rahel mourning is comforted.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Ephraim repenting is brought home again.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Christ is promised.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-27.htm">His care over the church.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">His new covenant.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">The stability,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">and amplitude of the church.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/31.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/31.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>In those days, it will no longer be said:</b><br>This phrase indicates a future time, suggesting a shift from the current state of affairs. It points to a prophetic vision of change and renewal. The context is the promise of a new covenant, as seen in the broader chapter of <a href="/jeremiah/31.htm">Jeremiah 31</a>. This future time is often associated with the Messianic age, where old patterns and sayings will be transformed. The phrase "in those days" is frequently used in prophetic literature to denote a significant change brought about by divine intervention.<p><b>The fathers have eaten sour grapes,</b><br>This part of the saying reflects a common proverb of the time, which implied that the consequences of the parents' actions were borne by their children. It highlights the belief in collective responsibility and the generational impact of sin. In the historical context, this proverb was used to explain the suffering of the people during the Babylonian exile, suggesting that the current generation was suffering for the sins of their ancestors. This reflects the communal nature of ancient Israelite society, where family and tribal connections were paramount.<p><b>and the teeth of the children are set on edge.</b><br>This imagery conveys the idea of experiencing unpleasant consequences. The "teeth set on edge" suggests a direct, physical reaction to something sour or bitter, symbolizing the inherited suffering or punishment. Theologically, this phrase challenges the notion of inherited guilt, emphasizing individual responsibility for sin. This shift is further developed in <a href="/ezekiel/18.htm">Ezekiel 18</a>, where God declares that each person will be accountable for their own actions. The prophetic message here anticipates the new covenant, where personal responsibility and direct relationship with God are emphasized, ultimately fulfilled in the teachings of Jesus Christ, who offers redemption and personal accountability.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Jeremiah is known for his prophecies concerning the judgment and restoration of Israel. He is the author of the Book of Jeremiah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom Jeremiah's prophecies were primarily directed. At this time, Israel was experiencing the consequences of their disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was also subject to Jeremiah's prophecies. Judah faced exile due to their unfaithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>A significant event during which the people of Judah were taken captive to Babylon. This context is crucial for understanding the promises of restoration in Jeremiah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/new_covenant.htm">New Covenant</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Jeremiah 31</a> includes the promise of a new covenant, which is a pivotal theme in the chapter, signifying a future hope and restoration for God's people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/individual_responsibility.htm">Individual Responsibility</a></b><br>The proverb about sour grapes reflects a shift from collective to individual responsibility. Each person is accountable for their own actions before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br><a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29</a> is part of a larger promise of restoration. It assures us that God’s justice is fair and that He offers hope and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_new_covenant.htm">The New Covenant</a></b><br>This verse is set within the context of the new covenant, which promises a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, emphasizing grace and forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_generational_cycles.htm">Breaking Generational Cycles</a></b><br>The passage encourages breaking free from the past and not being bound by the sins of previous generations. It calls for personal repentance and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God’s Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>God’s justice is balanced with His mercy. While He holds individuals accountable, He also offers forgiveness and a new beginning through the new covenant.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 31</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'branch_of_the_lord'_mean.htm">What does 'fathers ate sour grapes' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'fathers_ate_sour_grapes'.htm">What does "fathers ate sour grapes" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_21_19-21_clash_with_individual_sin.htm">In Job 21:19–21, does the idea of children suffering for a parent’s wrongdoing clash with other biblical teachings on individual responsibility? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_18_20_with_exodus_20_5.htm">Ezekiel 18:20 – If individuals alone bear their own guilt, how do we reconcile this with Exodus 20:5, which speaks of generational punishment? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29, 30) <span class= "bld">The fathers have eaten a sour grape . . .</span>--The proverb was one which, as we find from <a href="/context/ezekiel/18-2.htm" title="What mean you, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?">Ezekiel 18:2-3</a>, had at this time come into common use. Men found in it an explanation of their sufferings which relieved their consciences. They were suffering, they said, for the sins of their fathers, not for their own. They distorted the words which, as asserting the continuity of national life, were attached to the second Commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm" title="You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;">Exodus 20:5</a>), and instead of finding in them a warning restraining them from evil by the fear of transmitting evil to another generation, they found in them a plea for their own recklessness. Both Ezekiel and Jeremiah felt that the time was come when, even at the risk of a seeming contradiction to words clothed with a Divine authority, the other aspect of God's government had to be asserted in all its fulness: and therefore they lay stress on the truth that each man is responsible for his own acts, and for those alone, and that the law of the inheritance of evil (what we have learnt to call the law of <span class= "ital">heredite</span>) leaves untouched the freedom of man's will. The "eater of the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge," is, as it were, an emendation of the proverbial saying. The words of the Latin poet, "Delicta majorum immeritus lues," "Thou, for <span class= "ital">no </span>guilt of thine, shalt pay the forfeit of thy fathers' sins" (Hor. <span class= "ital">Od. </span>iii. 6, 1), show how ready men have been at all times to make a like excuse. How the two truths are to be reconciled, the law of hereditary tendencies, and punishments that fall not on the original offenders, but on their children, and the law of individual responsibility, is a question to which we can give no formal answer. We must be content to accept both laws, and rest in the belief that the Judge of all the earth will assuredly do right.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Have eaten a sour grape;</span> rather, <span class="accented">sour grapes.</span> The prophet (like Ezekiel, ch. 18.) condemns the use of this proverb, and declares that the sinner is the artificer of his own ruin. At first sight, it may seem as if Jeremiah opposes the second commandment, which describes how God "visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children" (<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>). This, however, cannot really be, for he endorses this declaration later on (<a href="/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18</a>). The fact is that he is not so much condemning the proverb, as the blasphemous application of it made by the Jews of his time. It is an eternal truth that sin perpetuates itself (except by the miracles of grace) in the children of transgressors, and intensified sin leads to intensified punishment. But the children of transgressors do not cease to be responsible for their own share in the sin; - this was the truth which Jeremiah's contemporaries ignored. He does not deny the solidarity of the family or the race,but he superadds the neglected truth of the special responsibility of the individual. This is one among many evidences of the deepening sense of individual life in the later period of the Jewish monarchy. (A somewhat different view is offered by Delitzsch, 'Messianic Prophecies,' § 50. According to him, Jeremiah looks forward to a time when the individual shall be liberated from the consequences of his solidarity with his race, and when personality shall be "invested with its rights." But can the individual be thus liberated?) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“In those</span><br /><span class="heb">הָהֵ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·hêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיָּמִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it will no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">longer</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֔וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be said:</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמְר֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘The fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אָב֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have eaten</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֣כְלוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḵə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sour grapes,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹ֑סֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇō·ser)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1155.htm">Strong's 1155: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unripe or sour grapes</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and this has set the children’s</span><br /><span class="heb">בָנִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">teeth</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁנֵּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šin·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8127.htm">Strong's 8127: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tooth, ivory, a cliff</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on edge.’</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiq·he·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6949.htm">Strong's 6949: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be blunt or dull</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 31:29 In those days they shall say no (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>