Verse 7
mercy = lovingkindness, or grace.
forgiving = bearing away.
iniquity = perverseness. Hebrew. avah , App-44 .
transgression = rebellion. Heb, pasha. App-44 .
sin. Hebrew. chat'a. See App-44 .
by no means clear the guilty . Not even Christ, when our sins were imputed to Him: therefore, all now in Him are "cleared", Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). Hebrew "clearing will not clear", emphasis on "by no means". unto the third and to the fourth generation. This refrain recurs in whole or in part in Ex. Exodus 20:5 . Compare also Numbers 14:18 . Deuteronomy 5:9 . Nehemiah 9:17 . Psalms 103:8 . Jeremiah 9:24 ; Jeremiah 30:11 ; Jeremiah 46:28 ; Daniel 9:4 .Nahum 1:3 . The visiting spread over in mercy, not extended in wrath.
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