And the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.
Sin is self-corruption, a quick turning aside from the way we promised to walk. We marvel that God permits such wickedness to rise so high before stopping it, yet His very patience serves His glory, and what we see concealed from men lies naked before His eyes.
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Commenting on Exodus 32:7-14
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. He did not do what he threatened to do, and seemed to have in his thoughts and designs, but did what Moses desired he would, Exo 32:12 not that any of God's thoughts or the determinations of his mind are alterable; for the thoughts of his heart are to all...
And the Lord repented of the evil - This is spoken merely after the manner of men who, having formed a purpose, permit themselves to be diverted from it by strong and forcible reasons, and so change their minds relative to their former intentions.