Jeremiah 3:12-15 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD… When the Duke of Argyll was taken in rebellion in Scotland, and brought before James the Second, the King said to him, "You know that it is in my power to pardon you?" It is reported that the prisoner answered, "It may be m your power, but it is not in your nature to forgive," — a speech which, whether true or not, cost him his life. He died like a stoic, executed at Temple Gate. What a contrast to the Divine. To err is human, to forgive is Divine. Parallel Verses KJV: Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. |
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