Jeremiah 31:30 (ASV)

Passage

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 31:28 And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children`s teeth are set on edge.

Jeremiah 31:30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Jeremiah 31:32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "iniquity", "eateth", "sour", "grapes", "teeth", and "edge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "iniquity", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "In those days they shall say no..." into verse 31's "Behold the days come saith Jehovah that...", so "shall" and "iniquity" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "iniquity" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.