18 The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,z forgiving iniquity and rebellion.aa But he will not leave the guilty unpunished,ab bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.ac 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of your faithful love,ad just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now.”

20 The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested. 21 Yet as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord’s glory,ae