⁷ And Yahweh said, “^(A)I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the ^[a]sky; for ^(B)I regret that I have made them.”

⁷ At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to ^(A)uproot, to tear down, or to make it perish; ^8 (B)but if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will ^[a](C)relent concerning the calamity I planned to do against it. ⁹ Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to ^(D)build up or to plant it; ¹⁰ but if it does ^(E)evil in My sight by not listening to My voice, then I will ^[b](F)relent concerning the good which I promised, to do good to it.