<p class="poetry">You will once again<n id="1" /> have mercy on us;p> <p class="poetry">you will conquer<n id="2" /> our evil deeds;p> <p class="poetry">you will hurl our<n id="3" /> sins into the depths of the sea.<n id="4" />p>

keeping loyal love for thousands,<n id="1" /> forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression<n id="2" /> of fathers by dealing with children and children&#8217;s children, to the third and fourth generation.&#8221;p>

&#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love,<n id="1" /> forgiving iniquity and transgression,<n id="2" /> but by no means clearing<n id="3" /> the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.&#8217;<n id="4" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Aaron, &#8220;You and your sons and your tribe<n id="2" /> with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary,<n id="3" /> and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.p>

<p class="poetry">for your sins and your ancestors&#8217; sins,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Because they burned incense on the mountainsp> <p class="poetry">and offended<n id="2" /> me on the hills,p> <p class="poetry">I will punish them in full measure.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity<n id="1" /> of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity.

The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer<n id="1" /> for his father&#8217;s iniquity, and a father will not suffer<n id="2" /> for his son&#8217;s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.<n id="3" />p>

Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle<n id="1" /> to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow<n id="2" /> concerning them, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, that they will be responsible<n id="3" /> for their sin.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;When a person sins<n id="1" /> in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify<n id="2" /> and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened<n id="3" />) and he does not make it known,<n id="4" /> then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;If a person sins and violates any of the Lord&#8217;s commandments which must not be violated<n id="1" /> (although he did not know it at the time,<n id="2" /> but later realizes he is guilty), then he will bear his punishment for iniquity<n id="3" />

The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land,<n id="1" /> so he is to send the goat away<n id="2" /> in the wilderness.p>

You must not expose the nakedness of your mother&#8217;s sister and your father&#8217;s sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative.<n id="1" /> They must bear their punishment for iniquity.<n id="2" />

(and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and<n id="1" /> then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for<n id="2" /> their iniquity,

Please forgive<n id="1" /> the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love,<n id="2" /> just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.&#8221;p>

Because he has despised<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> and has broken<n id="2" /> his commandment, that person<n id="3" /> must be completely cut off.<n id="4" /> His iniquity will be on him.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, &#8216;The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.&#8217;&#8221;p>

Falling at his feet, she said, &#8220;My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!

The Tekoan woman said to the king, &#8220;My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!&#8221;p>

She asked Elijah, &#8220;Why, prophet, have you come<n id="1" /> to me to confront me with<n id="2" /> my sin and kill my son?&#8221;