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30 Instead, each person will die for his own sin; the person who eats sour grapes will grind his own teeth.

The New Agreement

31 “Look, the time is coming,” says the Lord,
    “when I will make a new agreement
with the people of Israel
    and the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the agreement
    I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
    to bring them out of Egypt.
I was a husband to them,
    but they broke that agreement,” says the Lord.

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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