Ultimately YHWH was merciful and compassionate, and He cared deeply for His people. The most important thing for us to understand is that THIS WORD IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR GOD! But jump ahead many generations and the people were doing the same thing: ignoring their Creator, placing themselves above YHWH, turning their back to God, behaving dishonourably, and running towards foreign deities. page 876. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases. agreement with His perfect justice. Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven That sin is no longer there to spiritually disfigure us so we can be Gods beautiful bride. var k='dot Net\"' Solomon prayer concluded with a final plea for God to hear and forgive: if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, and forgive [w-salakhta] Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.. [1] Brown, Driver and Were a selfish, ungrateful, lot and were so wrapped up in ourselves that we have dismissed the God who gave us life, and a beautiful planet to live on. undone, but the guilt resulting from such an event is How to say "Forgiveness" in Hebrew (Listed in the Judaism - Holidays - Yom Kippur category) . God now owns us and our sins, so what is He going to do with those sins? We are Gods Big Macs, our nutritional value to Him is limited but oh can we bring Him pleasure. [Moses:] I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, YHWH is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving [taking/bearing/lifting] iniquity [noseh avohn] and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations. Pardon, I pray [slakh na], the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven [lifted up: nasatah] this people, from Egypt even until now., So YHWH said, I have pardoned [salakhti] them according to your word; but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of YHWH.. Louw and Nida say aphiemi, On Yom Kippur the fate of each person is sealed in the. or in the context of In those days and at that time, declares YHWH, search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon [eslakh] those whom I leave as a remnant.. Sarah E. Fisher and www.hebrewwordlessons.com, [2017]. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. If someone has hurt you and they show no remorse, and that causes you to be angry and vindictive and takes you to a dark place, then perhaps you ought to forgive them. over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? . (ASV, Psalm 25:18). Even when we dont listen YHWH still forgives. The Hebrew word behind "lift up" is (nasa, Strong's #5375) and means to take hold of something and lift it up, either to move or remove it. When this verse declares God is just, it He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?, Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? The words condone and forgive can be used in similar contexts, but condone implies that one overlooks without censure behavior (such as dishonesty or violence) that involves a serious breach of a moral, ethical, or legal code, and the term may refer to the behavior or to the agent responsible for it. I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, YHWH is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations., according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have, according to your word; but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of YHWH.. Louw No slave in ancient times could