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What conclusions shall we draw from these observations? And Psalm 103:17-18 says, "But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts to do them." For example, Exodus 20:5-6 says "I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments" (see also Deuteronomy 5:9-10 7:9). Even in the early texts that describe the visitation of the fathers' sins on the children, the children are described as those who are opposed to God and therefore deserving of punishment, and those who continue the heritage of blessing as covenant keepers.For example, in Isaiah 65:6b-7 God says, "I will even repay into their bosom, both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together." (See also Leviticus 26:39 and Jeremiah 16:10-12.) Not only that, there are texts that describe God's punishment as owing to both the sins of the fathers and the sins of the children.(Compare also Jeremiah 32:17-18 with Jeremiah 31:29.) For example, Deuteronomy 5:9-10 says, "I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments." But in Deuteronomy 24:16 it says, "Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers everyone shall be put to death for his own sin." Both perspectives are in the same book.
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In the same Biblical books you get both angles.Sometimes critics will say that the early parts of the Bible ( Exodus 20:5-6 34:6-7 Numbers 14:18) portray God as "visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children," while later parts of the Bible ( Jeremiah 31:29 Ezekiel 18:2 Job 21:19) reject this and teach that "sons be put to death for their fathers." But this evolutionary way of thinking about the development of Bible doctrine does not fit the texts. Christian Parents - Does God "Visit the Sins of the Fathers on the Children"?