Isaiah 14:21
Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”
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- Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
- Lev 26:39 : 39 Restoration through Confession and Repentance“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.
- Matt 23:35 : 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Isa 27:6 : 6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
- Hab 2:8-9 : 8 Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them. 9 The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster. 10 Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct. 11 For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back. 12 Woe to the one who builds a city by bloodshed– he who starts a town by unjust deeds.
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20You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
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22“I will rise up against them,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces,” says the LORD.
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21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
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10You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race.
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14And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the LORD.”
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21For look, the LORD is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
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14If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.
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3For I, the LORD, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.
4They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
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18Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
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22So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies said,“I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.
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16The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”
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16Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
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21ש(Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy.
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10Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.
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18Before I restore them I will punish them in full for their sins and the wrongs they have done. For they have polluted my land with the lifeless statues of their disgusting idols. They have filled the land I have claimed as my own with their detestable idols.”
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21‘Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’
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13Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.
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24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
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14Bethel Will Be Destroyed Like Beth Arbel The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
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14So look, the LORD is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.
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7for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the LORD.“Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”
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21So, this is what the LORD says:‘I will assuredly make these people stumble to their doom. Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction. Friends and neighbors will die.’
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13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
14May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!
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16Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.
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21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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21you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.
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3Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor. Do not spare any of her young men. Completely destroy her whole army.
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29For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!’
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4I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.
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13The earth will become desolate because of what its inhabitants have done.
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6You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’
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10For I, the LORD, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”