Jeremías 31:30

30 Al contrario, al que coma uvas agrias se le destemplarán los dientes, es decir, que cada uno morirá por su propia iniquidad.

Jeremías 31:30 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 31:30

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 Babylonish captivity, no public calamity should come upon them for the sins of their fathers and their own jointly, but for their own iniquities singly; so their last destruction by the Romans was for their personal disbelief and rejection of the Messiah; see ( John 8:24 ) ; and the calamities upon them ever since have been for the same reason. Indeed, they imprecated his blood upon them, and upon their children, and so it is; but then, their children are under the power of the same sin of unbelief, and will remain so, until the veil is taken away, and they turn to the Lord; after which it will still be a more clear case that everyone shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge;
sin, though it may be esteemed a sweet morsel, is a sour grape, and will prove so in the issue; and will give a man as much trouble and disquietude, when he is convinced of the evil of it, or suffers the punishment of it, as when a man's "teeth are set on edge"; and indeed the consequence of it will be weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth.

Jeremías 31:30 In-Context

28 Y así como he estado vigilándolos para arrancar y derribar, para destruir y demoler, y para traer calamidad, así también habré de vigilarlos para construir y plantar —afirma el SEÑOR—.

29 En aquellos días no volverá a decirse:»“Los padres comieron uvas agrias,y a los hijos se les destemplaron los dientes”.

30 Al contrario, al que coma uvas agrias se le destemplarán los dientes, es decir, que cada uno morirá por su propia iniquidad.

31 »Vienen días —afirma el SEÑOR— en que haré un nuevo pacto con el pueblo de Israel y con la tribu de Judá.

32 No será un pacto como el que hice con sus antepasados el día en que los tomé de la mano y los saqué de Egipto, ya que ellos lo quebrantaron a pesar de que yo era su esposo —afirma el SEÑOR—.