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29 “People will not use this saying anymore:

‘The parents ate the sour grapes,
    but the children got the sour taste.’[a]

30 No, people will die for their own sins. Those who eat sour grapes will get the sour taste.”

The New Agreement

31 This is what the Lord said, “The time is coming when I will make a new agreement with the family of Israel and with the family of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:29 The parents … sour taste This means the children were suffering for things their parents did.

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