16. ‘The Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to them, so He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
17. “So now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,
18. ‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.’
19. Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your grace, just as You have pardoned this people, from Egypt even until now.”