Here in this chapter as is mentioned and in other places it says that God will wipe out the descendants of the wicked. If for anyone who reads the Bible, knows God promises not to hold the sins of the fathers against their children. So what's going on here.
In the pure sense of the word a descendant is the biological child of the parent. However in the past and still in many places today a descendant is not just the biological child but the one who carries on the actions and attitudes of the parent. In fact, in many cultures when a child deviates from the actions and beliefs of the parent the child is considered no longer part of the family. Considering this a descendant of the wicked is one that continues to carry on the wickedness of their parents. They continue to cause trouble and continue to bring evil into the world. God is saying that those descendants in other words those who continue to do those things will be stopped. God is saying wicked this will not continue forever. God isn't saying that genocide is the right attitude but that those who live wickedly like those who came before them will be dealt with.
When looked at this way, what is promised is Hope. It is the hope of a better day where the wicked will not continue. When we get to the Gospels we'll see God will wipe out the descendants of evildoer, in a different way by changing them and making them children of God. He will make them his descendants and no longer the descendants of evildoers.
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