As soon as Amaziah was firmly in power, he executed the officials who had killed his father, the king.

However, he did not kill their children but followed what the LORD had commanded in the Law of Moses: "Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for a crime they themselves have committed."

He did not, however, execute their children, but followed what the LORD had commanded in the Law of Moses: "Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for crimes they themselves have committed."

When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste.'

Instead, those who eat sour grapes will have their own teeth set on edge; and everyone will die because of their own sin."

It is the one who sins who will die. A son is not to suffer because of his father's sins, nor a father because of the sins of his son. Good people will be rewarded for doing good, and evil people will suffer for the evil they do.