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29 “The people will no longer quote this proverb:

‘The parents have eaten sour grapes,
    but their children’s mouths pucker at the taste.’

30 All people will die for their own sins—those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker.

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29 “In those days they will say no longer, ‘Parents[a] have eaten unripe fruit, and the teeth of the children are set on edge[b].’ 30 But[c] each will die because of his iniquity, everyone[d] who eats the unripe fruit, their teeth will be set on edge.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:29 Literally “Fathers”
  2. Jeremiah 31:29 Literally “have become blunt”
  3. Jeremiah 31:30 Literally “But if”
  4. Jeremiah 31:30 Literally “all of the humankind”
  5. Jeremiah 31:30 Literally “become blunt”