“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”
'God is not a human, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?' — the theological affirmation is profound: God is faithful, immutable, and truthful. Human beings lie and change their minds; God does neither. If God has spoken a blessing, it will be fulfilled; no curse can reverse it. The oracle affirms the reliability of divine speech; God's word is performative and irrevocable.
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