A New Covenant

27 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will (A)sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of mankind and the seed of animals. 28 And just as I have (B)watched over them to (C)uproot them, tear them down, ruin, destroy, and bring disaster on them, so I will watch over them to (D)build and to plant them,” declares the Lord.

29 “In those days they will no longer say,
(E)The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
[a]But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 31:29 I.e., the children suffer for the fathers’ sins

27 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Lord, “when I will plant(B) the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I watched(C) over them to uproot(D) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,(E) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”(F) declares the Lord. 29 “In those days people will no longer say,

‘The parents(G) have eaten sour grapes,
    and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’(H)

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