But his wife said to him, If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.
We have heard the words, “﻿Vanity of vanities; all is vanity,﻿” sounding in our hearts; and now do you think that, if the Lord had meant to kill us, he would have taught us this? Why, no; he would have said, “﻿Let them alone, they are given unto idols. They are only going to have one world in which they can rejoice; let them enjoy it.﻿” He would have let the swine go on with their husks if he had not meant to turn them into his children, and bring them to his own bosom.
