Jeremiah 31:30 (LSB)

Passage

But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 31:28 And it will be that as I have watched over them to uproot, to tear down, to pull down, to destroy, and to bring calamity, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 31:29 “In those days they will not say again, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

Jeremiah 31:30 But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

Jeremiah 31:31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Jeremiah 31:32 not like the covenant which I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, but I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "everyone", "iniquity", "each", "eats", "sour", "grapes", "teeth", and "edge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "everyone" 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 will not say..." into verse 31's "Behold days are coming declares Yahweh when...", so "everyone" 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 "everyone" and "iniquity" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.