In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. The fathers have eaten a sour grape - A proverbial expression for, "The children suffer for the offenses of their parents." This is explained in the next verse: "Every one shall die for his own iniquity." No child shall suffer Divine punition for the sin of his father; only so far as he acts in the same way can he be said to bear the sins of his parents.
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Jeremiah 31:29
29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.