God's Emotion Towards Those Who Perish In Their Sins

[JonC]

In relation to divine emotivity, what is meant by grief? Grief is defined as a deep sorrow. How does God grieve? How does God process grief? If God grieves does his grief in any way effect his actions? Does God second guess himself when he grieves like we are wont to do? I'm begging the question on purpose (obviously). If God grieves it is completely unlike our grief. Our grief does effect what we do. I do not see evidence in the biblical record that any emotion God may have effects his actions.

I agree. Emotion does not necessarily effect action (for example, a parent knowing a child is going through a divorce may grieve over the situation without it effecting action or being a surprise). But in general we think of grief in such ways which change our behavior or produce regret for a decision, which I believe foreign to God’s nature.