17. Therefore, may the strength of the Lord be magnified, just as you swore, saying:
18. 'The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.'
19. Forgive, I beg you, the sins of this people, according to the greatness of your mercy, just as you have been gracious to them in their journey from Egypt to this place."
20. And the Lord said: "I have forgiven them according to your word.