[D-fendr]

thanks for your reply, and hope I'm not getting you off your topic (feel free to ignore..):

I always thought this was just an accident of language. God has no need to repent.

I'm not sure what you mean by an accident of language. Same thing for being "sorry" and "grieved"?

[SoothingDave]

thanks for your reply, and hope I'm not getting you off your topic

It's hard to imagine something being posted here as being "off-topic."

I'm not sure what you mean by an accident of language. Same thing for being "sorry" and "grieved"?

I think you are agreeing? with me that God has no need to grieve or be sorry or repent.

I mean by "accident of language" that the author of the Scripture advanced the narrative by making it seem as if God had qualities and emotions that we know He does not. It comes out like God is changing His mind, but this is to highlight how the people failed.

SD