17. And now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
18. ‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’
19. Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
20. Then the Lord said: “I have pardoned, according to your word;
21. but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord—