But he did not put the sons of [a]the murderers to death, in [b]obedience to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, as the Lord commanded, saying, “(A)The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but (B)each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:6 Lit those who struck
  2. 2 Kings 14:6 Lit accordance with what

However, he did not put their children to death, but did as it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses, which the Lord commanded, saying, “(A)Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons be put to death for fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin.”

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

30 But (B)everyone will die for his own wrongdoing; each person who eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will become blunt.

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

20 The person who (A)sins will die. A (B)son will not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son’s guilt; the (C)righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

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