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who maintains loyal love to thousands of people, who forgives wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin; yet does not allow sin to go unpunished, extending the consequences of a father’s sin to his children, his grandchildren, and even to the third and fourth generations.

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29 In those coming days, people will no longer speak the proverb,

    Fathers have eaten sour grapes,
        and their children’s teeth are set on edge.

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Our fathers sinned and got us into this.
    Now they’ve passed on, and we suffer for it and bear their deeds.

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Eternal One: Why do you people continually quote this proverb about Israel:

    Fathers have eaten sour grapes,
        and their children’s teeth are set on edge?

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As surely as I live, I, the Eternal Lord, declare you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore.

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