Exodus 34 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

Nothing can more strongly express the goodness of God to frail mortals than this declaration, "which has been misunderstood and misinterpreted by all our translators."

Ex. 23:7,21• ⁷Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
²¹Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him. (Ex. 23:7,21)

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Num. 14:18‑23• ¹⁸Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.
¹⁹Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
²⁰And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
²¹But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!
²²for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,
²³shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised me shall see it. (Num. 14:18‑23)

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Deut. 32:35• ³⁵Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste. (Deut. 32:35)

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Josh. 24:19• ¹⁹And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous *God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. (Josh. 24:19)

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Job 10:14• ¹⁴If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity. (Job 10:14)

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Psa. 9:16‑17• ¹⁶Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (Psa. 9:16‑17)

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Psa. 11:5‑6• ⁵Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
⁶Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:5‑6)

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Psa. 58:10‑11• ¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:
¹¹And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. (Psa. 58:10‑11)

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Psa. 136:10,15• ¹⁰To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
¹⁵And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; (Psa. 136:10,15)

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Isa. 45:21• ²¹Declare and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath caused this to be heard from ancient time? who hath declared it long ago? Is it not I, Jehovah? And there is no God else beside me; a just *God and a Saviour, there is none besides me. (Isa. 45:21)

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Mic. 6:11• ¹¹Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? (Mic. 6:11)

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Nah. 1:2‑3,6• ²A jealous and avenging *God is Jehovah: an avenger is Jehovah, and full of fury: Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
³Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah,--his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
⁶Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him. (Nah. 1:2‑3,6)

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Rom. 2:4‑9• ⁴or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?
⁵but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
⁶who shall render to each according to his works:
⁷to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
⁸But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation,
⁹tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek; (Rom. 2:4‑9)

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Rom. 3:19‑26• ¹⁹Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God.
²⁰Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him; for by law is knowledge of sin.
²¹But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets;
²²righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ towards all, and upon all those who believe: for there is no difference;
²³for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
²⁴being justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
²⁵whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;
²⁶for the shewing forth of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just, and justify him that is of the faith of Jesus. (Rom. 3:19‑26)

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Rom. 9:22‑23• ²²And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory, (Rom. 9:22‑23)

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Heb. 12:29• ²⁹For also our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29)

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Rev. 20:15• ¹⁵And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:15)

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Rev. 21:8• ⁸But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)

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J. N. Darby Translation

keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.