Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 31:29
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Jeremiah31:29
29. In those days--after their punishment has been completed, and mercy again visits them.
fathers ... eaten ... sour grape ... children's teeth ... on edge--the proverb among the exiles' children born in Babylon, to express that they suffered the evil consequences of their fathers' sins rather than of their own (La 5:7; Eze 18:2, 3).
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