Exodus 20:5
20:5 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,
Leviticus 26:39
Restoration through Confession and Repentance
26:39 “‘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.
Matthew 23:35
23:35 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.