Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
The rising generation is trapped by the sins of the parents. They cannot break free from the traditions of their elders. They are caught in a net of their parents’ making. They have inherited the consequences of their parents’ rebellion.
We damn our own children by our poor decisions. We may think that our decisions affect only us, but the effects flow down through the generations that follow us. Our children have their agency, and they are free to choose a better path, but it is hard for them to see the opportunities to make better use of their agency when they are faced with a lifetime of bad examples from their parents. The Lord says He visits the sins of the parents on the children unto the third and fourth generations. It is not that God forces the children to be guilty, but the effects of a wayward parent on his posterity can be far-reaching and hard to overcome.
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