Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Exodus
Chapter 20  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:5 JFB -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:5 TSK -> Commentary on 20:5 TSK -> Entry for 20:5 WEN -> Notes on 20:5 NTB -> Anthropomorphisms; Children; Commandments; Decalogue; God (continued); Heredity; Idolatry; Jealousy; Law; Parents; Punishment; Reasoning; Sin; Table; Wicked (People) TTT -> Children; Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Idolatry; Judgments; Law of God, The; Parents; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God EBD -> Church; Decalogue 20:5 - [In Context] Don't worship or serve idols of any kind. Why? Because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. F125 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.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:6 JFB -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:6 TSK -> Commentary on 20:6 TSK -> Entry for 20:6 WEN -> Notes on 20:6 NTB -> Commandments; Decalogue; God (continued); Heredity; Idolatry; Law; Love; Obedience; Parents; Reward; Table TTT -> Commandments, The Ten; Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Law of God, The; Love to God; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God EBD -> Decalogue; Mercy 20:6 - [In Context] But I will be very kind to people who love me and obey my commands. I will be kind to their families for thousands of generations! F126
FOOTNOTES: F125: I hate … gods   Or, "I am El Kanah--the Jealous God." F126: But I will be … generations   Or, "But I will show mercy to thousands of people that love me and obey my commands."

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.