So when I planned this, was I irresponsible? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human way so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” simultaneously?

For He says:

I heard you in an acceptable time,
and I helped you in the day of salvation.

Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.

Therefore, come out from among them
and be separate, says the Lord;
do not touch any unclean thing,
and I will welcome you.

I will be a Father to you,
and you will be sons and daughters to Me,
says the Lord Almighty.

I don’t say this to condemn you, for I have already said that you are in our hearts, to live together and to die together.

What I say in this matter of boasting, I don’t speak as the Lord would, but foolishly.

I say this to our shame: We have been weak.

But in whatever anyone dares to boast—I am talking foolishly—I also dare: