Jeremiah 31:29
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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.

Jeremiah 31:30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that shall eat the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.

Ezekiel 18:2,3 That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge. . . .

Context
Mourning Turned to Joy
28And as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to throw down, and to scatter, and destroy, and afflict: so will I watch over them, to build up, and to plant them, saith the Lord. 29In those days they shall say no more: The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.30But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that shall eat the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin,

Job 21:19
God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.

Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.

Ezekiel 18:2
That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.

Lexicon
“In those
הָהֵ֔ם (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

days,
בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

it will no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

longer
ע֔וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

be said:
יֹאמְר֣וּ (yō·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘The fathers
אָב֖וֹת (’ā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

have eaten
אָ֣כְלוּ (’ā·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

sour grapes,
בֹ֑סֶר (ḇō·ser)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1155: Unripe or sour grapes

and this has set the children’s
בָנִ֖ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

teeth
וְשִׁנֵּ֥י (wə·šin·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

on edge.’
תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃ (tiq·he·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6949: To be blunt or dull


Additional Translations
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and this has set the children’s teeth on edge.’In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

In those days they shall certainly not say, The fathers ate a sour grape, and the children's teeth were set on edge.

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.
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