(A)You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a (B)jealous God, (C)inflicting the [a]punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 20:5 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing

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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I will (A)make them an object of terror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of (B)Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

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I will make them abhorrent(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth(B) because of what Manasseh(C) son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

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(A)What do you people mean by using this proverb about the land of Israel, saying,

(B)The fathers eat sour grapes,
[a]But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt’?

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 18:2 Lit I.e., the children suffer for the fathers’ sins

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:

“‘The parents eat sour grapes,
    and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?(A)

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