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‘The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.'
‘The LORD is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.’
The Lord [is] longsuffering
Towards all men, and especially towards his own people:
and of great mercy,
being abundant in goodness, and keeping mercy for thousands:
forgiving iniquity and transgression,
all sorts of sin:
and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
[generation];
which may seem to make against the plea of Moses for mercy and
forgiveness; but the reason of these words being expressed seems
to be, because they go along with the others in the passage
referred to, and are no contradiction to the forgiving mercy of
God in a way of justice; nor did Moses request to have the guilty
cleared from punishment altogether, but that God would show
mercy, at least to such a degree as not to cut off the whole
nation, and leave no posterity to inherit the land; which is
supposed in visiting the sin of the fathers to the third or
fourth generation.
