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You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

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You shall not bow down to them or worship(A) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(B) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(C) to the third and fourth generation(D) of those who hate me,

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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.’

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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’(B)

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You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

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You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(A) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(B)

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24 The Lord your God is a devouring fire; he is a jealous God.

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24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,(A) a jealous God.(B)

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14 You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.

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14 Do not worship any other god,(A) for the Lord, whose name(B) is Jealous, is a jealous God.(C)

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“Look, my decree is written out[a] in front of me:
    I will not stand silent;
I will repay them in full!
    Yes, I will repay them—
both for their own sins
    and for those of their ancestors,”
    says the Lord.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
    and insulted me on the hills.
    I will pay them back in full!

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Footnotes

  1. 65:6 Or their sins are written out; Hebrew reads it stands written.

“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent(A) but will pay back(B) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps(C)
both your sins(D) and the sins of your ancestors,”(E)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,(F)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment(G) for their former deeds.”

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19 Then Joshua warned the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is a holy and jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

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19 Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God;(A) he is a jealous God.(B) He will not forgive(C) your rebellion(D) and your sins.

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14 May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers;
    may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.

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14 May the iniquity of his fathers(A) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

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Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.

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Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear(A) by them. You must not serve them or bow down(B) to them.

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15 for the Lord your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God. His anger will flare up against you, and he will wipe you from the face of the earth.

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15 for the Lord your God(A), who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.

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The Lord’s Anger against Nineveh

The Lord is a jealous God,
    filled with vengeance and rage.
He takes revenge on all who oppose him
    and continues to rage against his enemies!

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The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

The Lord is a jealous(A) and avenging God;
    the Lord takes vengeance(B) and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
    and vents his wrath against his enemies.(C)

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18 You show unfailing love to thousands, but you also bring the consequences of one generation’s sin upon the next. You are the great and powerful God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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18 You show love(A) to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps(B) of their children(C) after them. Great and mighty God,(D) whose name is the Lord Almighty,(E)

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33 And your children will be like shepherds, wandering in the wilderness for forty years. In this way, they will pay for your faithlessness, until the last of you lies dead in the wilderness.

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33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years,(A) suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

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