2 Samuel 14:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² Then she asked, “Your Majesty, may I say something?”

“Yes,” he answered.

¹³ The woman said:

Haven't you been hurting God's people? Your own son had to leave the country. And when you judged in my favor, it was the same as admitting that you should have let him come back. ¹⁴ We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesn't take our lives.^[a] Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away.