But transgressors are destroyed together:

The posterity of the wicked is cut off.

Cp. Psalms 37:28; Psalms 109:13; Job 18:13-21. To the Israelite, with his strong sense of the continuity of life in the family, childlessness or the loss of posterity was a virtual annihilation. In the light of N.T. revelation the contrast between the -after" of the righteous and the wicked is still more solemn and significant.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising