⁸ “You must not make for yourselves any idols or anything to worship that looks like something in the ·sky [heavens] above or on the earth below or in the water below the ·land [earth]. ⁹ You must not worship or serve ·any idol [^Lthem], because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God [4:24]. ·If people sin against me and hate me, I will punish their children, even their grandchildren and great-grandchildren [^LI will visit/punish the guilt of the fathers on the sons until the third and fourth generations of those who hate me]. ¹⁰ But I will be very kind for a thousand lifetimes to those who love me and obey my commands.