In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

In those days - after their punishment has been completed, and mercy again visits them.

The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge - the proverb among the exiles' children born in Babylon, to express that they suffered the evil consequences of their fathers' sins, rather than of their own (; ).

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