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29 The people shall no longer quote this proverb—“Children pay for their fathers’ sins.”[a] 30 For everyone shall die for his own sins—the person eating sour grapes is the one whose teeth are set on edge.

31 The day will come, says the Lord, when I will make a new contract with the people of Israel and Judah.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:29 Children pay for their fathers’ sins, literally, “The fathers eat the sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”

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