God lays up his iniquity for his children: he recompenses him, and he shall know it.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The sorrow. Protestants, "his iniquity. "Marginal note, "that is the punishment. "(Haydock)
The children shall share in his punishment, (Calmet) when they have been partakers, or imitators of his injustice. (Haydock)
Know his offence, and whether there be a God (Calmet) and Providence. (Menochius)
57. We know that it is written; Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children unto the third and fourth generation. [Ex. 34, 7] And again it is written, What mean ye that ye make this a proverb among you concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord, ye shall not have this for a proverb any more in Israel. Behold all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. [Ezek. 18, 2-4] Thus in these two sentences whereas there is found a dissimilar meaning, the mind of the hearer is instructed, that it should search out with minute care the way of discernment. Since original sin we derive from our parents, and, except by the grace of Baptism we be loosed from it, we bear with us the sins of our very parents, seeing that surely we are still one with them. And so ‘He visiteth the i...
