Jeremiah 31:29 (WEB)
“In those days they will say no more, “‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
Fathers and councils · 2
“…wives so be as if they have not,” because “the time is compressed;” and “the sour grape” chewed by “the fathers” has ceased “to set the sons’ teeth on edge,” for, “each one shall die in his own sin;” and “eunuchs” not only have lost ignominy, but have even deserved grace, being invited into “the kingdoms of the…” — editor's note: See Jer. xxxi. 29, 30 (in LXX. xxxviii. 29, 30); Ezek. xviii. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“…subsequent ordinance by which it became possible to refrain from saying, that “the fathers had eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth were set on edge:” in other words, that the father should not bear the iniquity of the son, nor the son the iniquity of the father, but that every man should be chargeable with…” — editor's note: Jer. xxxi. 29.
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Cross-references · 2
Parallel passages
Jeremiah 31:29 and Ezekiel 18:2 share the same wording (14 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.15.