English Christian Song | “God’s Pity on Mankind“

English Christian Song | “God’s Pity on Mankind“ The following passage was recorded in the Book of Jonah 4:10–11: “Then said Jehovah, You have had pity on the gourd, for the which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?“ I On the level of literal meaning, people can interpret the word “pity“ in different ways: First, it means “to love and protect, to feel tenderness toward something“; second, it means “to love dearly“; and finally, it means “to be unwilling to hurt something and to be unable to bear doing so.“ In short, this word implies tender affection and love, as well as an unwillingness to give up someone or something; it implies God’s mercy and
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