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Jeremiah 31:30

Jeremiah 31:30
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Jeremiah 31:27-34

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 31:27-34

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jeremiah 31:29-30

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…