and I will return all of the people to you. When all return except the man whom you are seeking, all of the people will be at peace.”
The advice pleased Absalom and all of the elders of Israel.
Abner said to David, “Let me arise, go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went peaceably.
“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.
They have healed also the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
When they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.