“Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,”
'You shall not bow down yourself unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me; -- idolatry triggers divine jealousy and punishment across generations. 'Visiting the iniquity' (poqud avon) means that the consequences of idolatry affect the descendants of the idolater. The extended consequence (to the fourth generation) shows that covenant violation has generational reach.
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