Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jeremiah 31:29-30

"In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children`s teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge." — Jeremiah 31:29-30 (ASV)

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

We live under a personal dispensation; there is no such thing as hereditary godliness or salvation by proxy. Every man must repent for himself, and believe for himself. Vain and foolish is the idea that because we have had Christian parents, therefore we also are Christians.

In these days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

God was going to deal with the Israelites individually, personally; and that is how he will deal with us.