Psalm 109:14 - Easy To Read Version I hope the Lord is reminded of the sins\par of my enemy’s father.\par And I hope his mother’s sins\par are never erased.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. American Standard Version (1901) Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. Common English Bible Let his father’s wrongdoing be remembered before the LORD; let his mother’s sin never be wiped out. |
There was a famine while David was king. This time of hunger continued for three years. David prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered. The Lord said, “Saul and his family of murderers [119] are the reason for this time of hunger. This famine came because Saul killed the Gibeonites.” (
Joab and his family are responsible for this, and all his family are to be blamed. I hope many troubles will come to Joab’s family. I hope the people in his family will be sick with leprosy, and crippled, and killed in war, and not have enough food to eat!”
Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead, so she got up and killed all the king’s family.
Ahaziah did the things the Lord said were wrong. Ahaziah did many bad things like the people from Ahab’s family. Ahaziah lived like this because his wife was from Ahab’s family.
Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, and ran away. He tried to escape through the garden house, but Jehu followed him. Jehu had said, “Shoot Ahaziah, too!”
Don’t take away their guilt or forgive the sins they have done in your sight. They have insulted and discouraged the builders.”
Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind. Why? Because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. [125] People who sin against me become my enemies. And I will punish those people. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.
The Lord shows his kindness to thousands {of generations}. The Lord forgives [340] people for the wrong things they do. But the Lord does not forget to punish guilty people. The Lord will punish not only the guilty people, but their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren will suffer for the bad things those people do. [341] ”
“I, I am the One who wipes away all your sins. I do this to please myself. I will not remember your sins.
Lord, you know about their plans\par to kill me.\par Don’t forgive their crimes.\par Don’t erase their sins.\par Destroy my enemies!\par Punish those people while you are angry!\par
So the survivors [450] will rot away in their sin in their enemies’ countries. They will rot away in their sins just like their ancestors [451] did.