"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, My compassion is aroused.
As Butler said, "This is the very essence of the gospel!  The good news is that God is both just and the Justifier"  (Romans 3:21-26).[12]  "It was on the Cross that God paid the penalty of sin and satisfied his own justice."[13]