For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet does he devise means, that his banished one be not expelled from him.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Earth; so great was the distress of the people at the absence of their darling prince. (Haydock)
His death would not bring Amnon to life again. We must not cherish sentiments of eternal enmity.
Perish. Chaldean, "a just judge cannot take the money of iniquity. "Le Clerc, "And cannot the prince (or judge) pardon a man, and devise means to leave his son no longer in exile? "(Calmet)
Protestants, "neither doth God respect any person; yet doth he devise means, that his banished son be not expelled from him. "Let the king imitate this example. (Haydock)
For God’s purpose, according to which he did not make the human being to perish but to live forever, abides unchanging. When his kindness sees shining in us the slightest glimmer of good will, which he himself has in fact sparked from the hard flint of our heart, he fosters it, stirs it up and strengthens it with his inspiration, “desiring all to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” For, he says, “it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.” And again he says, “God does not wish a soul to perish, but he withdraws and reflects, lest one who has been cast down perish utterly.” - "Conference 13.7"
