5 You must not bow down to them nor be induced to serve them,*+ because I Jehovah your God am a God exacting exclusive devotion,*+ bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons,* upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation,* in the case of those who hate me;+

20 We do acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, the error of our forefathers,+ for we have sinned against you.+

5 “‘As for YOUR fathers, where are they?+ And as for the prophets,+ was it to time indefinite that they continued to live?