Pardoned, Yet Punished
S. S. Times
Exodus 32:31-32
And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.…


The Lord may grant pardon, and yet there is a sense in which He will still "plague the people" for their sin. The drunkard may give up his sin and become a Christian, and yet come to a premature grave because of his former evil course. The man who has squandered vast estates in evil.doing may repent, but his repentance will not bring back that which he has lost. The boy who spends foolishly the time in which he should be gaining knowledge and virtue will feel the effects of that misspent time all his life. Some opportunities which me have carelessly allowed to slip by unimproved will never come again to us to all eternity. In that sense each of us must bear his own iniquity.

(S. S. Times.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.

WEB: Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.




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