29 “In those days they will no longer say,
(A)The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
[a]But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt.’

30 But (B)everyone will die for his own wrongdoing; each person who eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will become blunt.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:29 I.e., the children suffer for the fathers’ sins

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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