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30 But each person will die for his own sin. Whoever eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge.

The New Promise

31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new promise [a] to Israel and Judah. 32 It will not be like the promise that I made to their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of Egypt. They rejected that promise, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.

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  1. 31:31 Or “covenant.”

30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin;(A) whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.

31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will make a new covenant(B)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant(C)
    I made with their ancestors(D)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,(E)
because they broke my covenant,
    though I was a husband(F) to[a] them,[b]
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
  2. Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master