“But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.”
Yet God responds with mercy: "Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; often he restrained his anger and did not stir up all his wrath." The verse shifts focus from Israel's faithlessness to God's hesed (steadfast love, compassion). Despite deserving destruction, the people are repeatedly forgiven; God's mercy restrains judgment.
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