Comment: To have a feeling of regret for one’s actions or misdeeds is evidence of a lively conscience or a heart at work. Such ones are truly contrite, that is they show remorse, penitence, shame or repentance for the evil they had done. This is the opposite of the character of those with dead consciences or to put it in the words of Apostle Paul, those whose conscience is “seared with a hot iron”. – 1 Timothy 4:1,2.
The Almighty God, the Great Provider for His people, showed kindness to the children of Israel despite their stubborness and disregard for Him. On an occasion in the wilderness, they complained and rejected the LORD’S gracious provision for them saying they were hungry for certain foods they took for granted in Egypt. (Numbers 11:5,6). But they soon realised their folly, showed remorse, and begged Moses to intervene. – Numbers 11:2.
The Almighty God, being a Merciful Father, is not interested in the death of anyone. He said: “But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? – Ezekiel 18:21-23.