²⁵ David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. ^(A)Thus the Lord was moved by prayer for the land, and the plague was held back from Israel.

¹³ ‘Thus My anger will be spent and I will ^[a]satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be ^[b](A)appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have ^(B)spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.

¹⁷ I will also clap My hands together, and I will ^[a](A)appease My wrath; I, the Lord, have spoken.”

⁸ Then He cried out to me and spoke to me saying, “See, those who are going to the land of the north have ^[a](A)appeased My wrath in the land of the north.”