⁵⁰ Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, ^(A)“The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot ^(B)speak to you either bad or good.

⁵ Now the Lord descended in the ^(A)cloud and stood with him there, and ^(B)proclaimed the name of the Lord. ⁶ And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord ^(C)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in ^(D)goodness and ^(E)truth, ^7 (F)keeping mercy for thousands, ^(G)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, ^(H)by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

³ And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:

So Aaron held his peace.

⁸ So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ^(A)“The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “At least there will be peace and truth in my days.”

^39 (A)but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found ^(B)to fight against God.”