⁷ The Lord 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 am sorry that I have made them.”

⁷ At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to ^(A)uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; ^8 (B)if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will ^[a](C)relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on 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 if it does ^(E)evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will ^[b](F)think better of the good with which I had promised to ^[c]bless it.