And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.
The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.
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