- Bible
- Jeremiah
- Chapter 31
- Verse 30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
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Gill's Exposition
But everyone shall die for his own iniquity,.... His own personal iniquity; and not a corporeal death only, but an eternal one, which is the just wages of sin. It seems to intimate, that, after the…
The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have…
The prophet, having found his sleep sweet, made so by the revelations of divine grace, sets himself to sleep again, in hopes of further discoveries, and is not disappointed; for it is here further…
The words "The fathers have eaten, etc." occur also in Eze 18:2, where they are spoken of as a proverb. The people complain that they are being punished for the sins of an earlier generation (perhaps…
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