⁶ The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

The Lord—the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,^{(A) 7} maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin.^(B) But he will not leave the guilty^(C) unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.