37 But behold, their sins shall be upon the heads of their fathers; Satan shall be their father, and misery shall be their doom; and the whole heavens shall weep over them, even all the workmanship of mine hands; wherefore should not the heavens weep, seeing these shall suffer?
How sad would it be to have been such a terrible parent that you are blamed for the sins of your children.
38 But behold, these which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods; and behold, I will shut them up; a prison have I prepared for them.
This is depressing. Imagine having children so wicked that the only thing left to do is kill them. This is horrible to think about.
39 And That which I have chosen hath pled before my face. Wherefore, he suffereth for their sins; inasmuch as they will repent in the day that my Chosen shall return unto me, and until that day they shall be in torment;
40 Wherefore, for this shall the heavens weep, yea, and all the workmanship of mine hands.
Jarom 1
11 Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them.
12 And it came to pass that by so doing they kept them from being destroyed upon the face of the land; for they did prick their hearts with the word, continually stirring them up unto repentance.
13 And it came to pass that two hundred and thirty and eight years had passed away—after the manner of wars, and contentions, and dissensions, for the space of much of the time.
These verses show me what went wrong in the first set of verses. This is what those people were lacking, at least in part. After reading the first verses, then reading these ones, I feel very peaceful. They could have changed and been like the second set of people.
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I don't know where I got this from, I looked for it in the scriptures and couldn't find it. I thought I had read somewhere about the time when Moses had split the Red Sea and the Israelites had crossed over and the Egyptians were drowned. The scriptures say that the Israelites rejoiced in the destruction of the Egyptians. The thing that I thought I had read was that God rebuked them for their rejoicing. We should not rejoice in the destruction of the wicked. That should be the most mournful and pitiful thing.
That's what the first set of scriptures reminded me of. And maybe I just had scriptures mixed up.
That makes sense from both sides. Of course they were happy with their destruction, but it makes sense to not be happy for someone's demise.
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