Deuteronomy 5:9 (WEB)
You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me
Catechism · 1
“Exodus and Deuteronomy.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Deut 5:6-22.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Chrysostom
“But if any one argue, “How then is it said, ‘Who visiteth the sins of the parents upon the children unto the third and fourth generation’?” ( Deut. v. 9 ); we should make this answer, that the assertion is not universal, but that it is spoken with reference to certain who came out of Egypt.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“For God is “jealous,” and is One who is not contemptuously derided—derided, namely, by such as flatter His goodness—and who, albeit “patient,” yet threatens, through Isaiah, an end of (His) patience.” — editor's note: Comp. Ex. xx. 5; xxxiv. 14; Deut. iv. 24; v. 9; vi. 15; Josh. xxiv. 19; Nahum i. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For that divine judgment, “I shall visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children,” certainly applies to them before they come under the new covenant by regeneration.” — editor's note: Ex. xx. 5; Deut. v. 9
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together with
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 46.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 46.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 46.
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