15 And God sent [a]an (A)angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As [b]he was destroying, the Lord looked and (B)relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now restrain [c]your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood by the (C)threshing floor of [d]Ornan the Jebusite.

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15 And God sent an angel(A) to destroy Jerusalem.(B) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(C) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(D) the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28

And (A)the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and (B)He was grieved in His (C)heart.

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The Lord regretted(A) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.

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14 So the Lord (A)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

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14 Then the Lord relented(A) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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41 Then He came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! (A)The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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41 Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour(A) has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)

37 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (C)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (D)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (E)under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate;

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37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.(C)

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18 (A)“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(B)“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become (C)heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the [b]bare hills of the forest.” ’

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  1. Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. house
  2. Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. high places

18 “Micah(A) of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“‘Zion(B) will be plowed like a field,
    Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(C)
    the temple hill(D) a mound overgrown with thickets.’[a](E)

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  1. Jeremiah 26:18 Micah 3:12

The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to (A)pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, (B)if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, (C)I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.

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If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,(A) torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(B) and not inflict on it the disaster(C) I had planned. And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built(D) up and planted, 10 and if it does evil(E) in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider(F) the good I had intended to do for it.(G)

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12 “But go now to (A)My place which was in Shiloh, (B)where I set My name at the first, and see (C)what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

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12 “‘Go now to the place in Shiloh(A) where I first made a dwelling(B) for my Name,(C) and see what I did(D) to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

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13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And (A)have compassion on Your servants.

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13 Relent, Lord! How long(A) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.(B)

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38 (A)But He, being full of (B)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time (C)He turned His anger away,
And (D)did not stir up all His wrath;

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38 Yet he was merciful;(A)
    he forgave(B) their iniquities(C)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(D)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.

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Solomon Builds the Temple(A)

Now (B)Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at (C)Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [a]the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of (D)Ornan[b] the Jebusite.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Lit. He, following MT, Vg.; LXX the Lord; Tg. the Angel of the Lord
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Araunah, 2 Sam. 24:16ff

Solomon Builds the Temple(A)

Then Solomon began to build(B) the temple of the Lord(C) in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[a](D) the Jebusite, the place provided by David.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [a]broom tree. And he (A)prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

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  1. 1 Kings 19:4 juniper

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,(A) sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;(B) I am no better than my ancestors.”

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The Altar on the Threshing Floor(A)

18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, (B)“Go up, erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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David Builds an Altar(A)

18 On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah(B) the Jebusite.”

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