18 (A)The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but (B)He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, (C)inflicting the [a]punishment of the fathers on the children [b]to the third and the fourth generations.’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:18 I.e., punishment for the wrongdoing
  2. Numbers 14:18 Lit on

31 For the Lord your God is a (A)compassionate God; (B)He will not abandon you nor (C)destroy you, nor (D)forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

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17 They refused to listen,
And (A)did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them;
So they became stubborn and (B)appointed a leader to return to their slavery in [a]Egypt.
But You are a God (C)of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in [b]mercy;
And You did not abandon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:17 As in LXX and some Heb mss; MT their rebellion
  2. Nehemiah 9:17 Or faithfulness

15 But You, Lord, are a (A)compassionate and gracious God,
Slow to anger and abundant in mercy and [a]truth.

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  1. Psalm 86:15 Or faithfulness

For Your (A)mercy is great (B)above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the skies.

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The Lord is (A)gracious and compassionate;
Slow to anger and great in mercy.

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13 And (A)tear your heart and not merely (B)your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in mercy
And (D)relenting of catastrophe.

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Or do you think lightly of (A)the riches of His (B)kindness and [a](C)restraint and (D)patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:4 I.e., from inflicting punishment

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