“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, 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 fathers to the third and fourth generation' — Moses quotes Exodus 34:6-7, the fullest revelation of God's character: slow to anger (erek-appayim), abounding in covenant-love (rav-chesed), yet maintaining justice (nakeh lo yenakeh). The tension between mercy and judgment frames the intercession.
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