Sour Grapes

¹The word of the Lord came to me: ²What do you mean by quoting this proverb upon the soil of Israel, “Parents eat sour grapes and their children’s teeth are blunted”? ³As I live—declares the Lord God—this proverb shall no longer be current among you in Israel. ⁴Consider, all lives are Mine; the life of the parent and the life of the child are both Mine. The person who sins, only he shall die.

²⁷See, a time is coming—declares the Lord—when I will sow the House of Israel and the House of Judah with seed of men and seed of cattle; ²⁸and just as I was watchful over them to uproot and to pull down, to overthrow and to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will be watchful over them to build and to plant—declares the Lord. ²⁹In those days, they shall no longer say, “Parents have eaten sour grapes and children’s teeth are blunted.” ³⁰But every one shall die for his own sins: whosoever eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be blunted.