mercy. lovingkindness, or grace.
forgiving. bearing away.
iniquity. perverseness. Hebrew. avah, App-44.
transgression. rebellion. Heb, pasha. App-44.
sin. Hebrew. chat'a. See App-44.
by no means clear the guilty. Not even Christ, when our sins were imputed to Him: therefore, all now in Him are "cleared", Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Hebrew "clearing will not clear", emphasis on "by no means". unto the third and to the fourth generation. This refrain recurs in whole or in part in Ex. Exodus 20:5. Compare also Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 5:9; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 103:8; Jeremiah 9:24; Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28; Daniel 9:4.Nahum 1:3. The visiting spread over in mercy, not extended in wrath.