Voralphion, the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves were not being punished by Eru, Eru would just not allow them to wander in Ea before his own children did so. He commanded Aule to have them sleep until his own children appeared. This was not to punish anything that the Dwarven Fathers did.
I think a good summary to this thread, given the initial topic, would go something like this:
No, whatever Tom Bombadil was, he was no dwarf. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Cheers!
-Angmar
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