2 Maccabees 6:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: and though he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people.

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Therefore, he never withdraws his mercy from us. Although disciplining us with misfortunes, God doesn’t forsake his own people.

Because of this, he certainly would never take away his mercy from us. Yet truly, chastising his people in adversity, he does not abandon them.

And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity, he forsaketh them not.

So the Lord is always merciful to us, his own people. Although he punishes us with disasters, he never abandons us.

Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us; but though he chastens with calamity, he doesn’t forsake his own people.

Our God never stops being kind to us, his chosen people. He lets our sufferings teach us to do right, but he never deserts us.