¹⁵ And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he ^(A)relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

⁶ And ^(A)the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it ^(B)grieved him to his heart.

¹⁴ And the Lord ^(A)relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

⁴¹ And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? ^(A)It is enough; ^(B)the hour has come. ^(C)The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Lament over Jerusalem

^37 (A)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^(B)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^(C)gathered ^(D)your children together ^(E)as a hen gathers her brood ^(F)under her wings, and ^(G)you were not willing! ³⁸ See, ^(H)your house is left to you desolate.

¹⁸ “Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts,

⁷ If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will ^(A)pluck up and break down and destroy it, ⁸ and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, ^(B)turns from its evil, ^(C)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. ⁹ And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will ^(D)build and plant it, ¹⁰ and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it.

¹² Go now to ^(A)my place that was in Shiloh, ^(B)where I made my name dwell at first, and ^(C)see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.