I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim: For I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you; And I will not come in wrath.
It is never the sinner who wants to be reconciled first. It is always God, in the freeness of his grace, who comes to the sinner; no sinner can ever be beforehand with God. If you are anxious to be reconciled to God, it is he who has given you that anxiety. It is his own infinite grace that has begun to work in you to will and to do of his own good pleasure, for here is seen the superiority of the Godhead to the highest and the kindest manhood, that the Lord begins the work of reconciliation by himself seeking out those who have offended against him.  V. Next, A MAN MAY BE WILLING TO BE RECONCILED IF THE OFFENDER DOES NOT REPEAT THE OFFENCE. 