Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!It's interesting that God is the one saying this. They are days away from their first major transgression when He would have been saying this to Moses, so it is not a command or a prophecy, but rather a lament. Looking at it as a lament changes the tone from what one might think reading the verse alone.
On its own, this sounds like God is exhorting the people to follow His commands, and telling them what good things will occur if they do. However, as a lament it is God bemoaning how they will fail, and how much better things might have been if they only had. It is God crying for the people He knows He will lose, and wishing that they had only done what He had told them would lead them to the greatest reward possible. I hope this is not the mourning that He has for us.
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