Thou shewest loving-kindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: this is the name which God gave himself, Exo_34:7Deu_5:9,10, and of this latter clause, declarative of the vengeance of God in punishing children for their parents’ sins, are many instances in Scripture, Jos_7:241Sa_2:33,34 1Ki_14:10,11 21:24.