2 Samuel 14:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

¹³ And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?

¹⁴ We all die, and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God have a soul to perish, but recalleth, meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish.