[HLPhat]

>>what do you think is God’s intent?

Gen 18:32

32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”

He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
NIV

Ex 34:6-7
6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.”
NIV

[xzins]

Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;

Yes, I think judgment continues. Now it will be in the form of discipline. He loves those He disciplines.