⁷ keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,^[a]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”^(A)

¹¹ Even if there were only one stiff-necked person,
    it would be a wonder if he remained unpunished.
For mercy and wrath are with the Lord;^[a]
    he acquits and forgives,^[b] but he also pours out wrath.^(A)

¹² Great as is his mercy, so also is his chastisement;
    he judges people according to their deeds.^(A)