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‘You shall not make for yourself an idol [as an object to worship], or any likeness (form, manifestation) of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a [a]jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers on the children [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], to the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,(A) 10 but [b]showing graciousness and lovingkindness to thousands [of generations] of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:9 See note 4:24.
  2. Deuteronomy 5:10 Lit doing.

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