^3 (A)It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, ^(B)that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them ^(C)because of their evil deeds.

¹³ Now therefore ^(A)mend your ways and your deeds, ^(B)and obey the voice of the Lord your God, ^(C)and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.

¹⁹ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? ^(A)Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, ^(B)and did not the Lord relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? ^(C)But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.”

⁸ and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, ^(A)turns from its evil, ^(B)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.