and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, (A)turns from its evil, (B)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.

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and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(A) and not inflict on it the disaster(B) I had planned.

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21 (A)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does (B)what is just and right, (C)he shall surely live; he shall not die.

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21 “But if(A) a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees(B) and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.(C)

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13 Now therefore (A)mend your ways and your deeds, (B)and obey the voice of the Lord your God, (C)and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.

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13 Now reform(A) your ways and your actions and obey(B) the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent(C) and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you.

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(A)Who knows? God may turn and relent (B)and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did, (C)how they turned from their evil way, (D)God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

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Who knows?(A) God may yet relent(B) and with compassion turn(C) from his fierce anger(D) so that we will not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(E) and did not bring on them the destruction(F) he had threatened.(G)

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How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(A)How can I make you (B)like Admah?
    How can I treat you (C)like Zeboiim?
(D)My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.

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“How can I give you up,(A) Ephraim?(B)
    How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
    How can I make you like Zeboyim?(C)
My heart is changed within me;
    all my compassion(D) is aroused.(E)

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(A)It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, (B)that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them (C)because of their evil deeds.

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Perhaps they will listen and each will turn(A) from their evil ways. Then I will relent(B) and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done.

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(A)The Lord relented concerning this:
    “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

(B)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling (C)for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. Then I said,

“O Lord God, please cease!
    (D)How can Jacob stand?
    He is so small!”
(E)The Lord relented concerning this:
    “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

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So the Lord relented.(A)

“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(B)

This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(C) it dried up the great deep and devoured(D) the land. Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(E)

So the Lord relented.(F)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(G)

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13     and (A)rend your hearts and not (B)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    (C)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    (D)and he relents over disaster.
14 (E)Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
    and (F)leave a blessing behind him,
(G)a grain offering and a drink offering
    for the Lord your God?

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13 Rend your heart(A)
    and not your garments.(B)
Return(C) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(D)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(E)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(F)
14 Who knows? He may turn(G) and relent(H)
    and leave behind a blessing(I)
grain offerings and drink offerings(J)
    for the Lord your God.

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18 Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, (A)the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. (B)For the Lord was moved to pity by (C)their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.

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18 Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved(A) them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented(B) because of their groaning(C) under those who oppressed and afflicted(D) them.

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Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. (B)Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

“For if you truly (C)amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly (D)execute justice one with another, if you (E)do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, (F)or shed innocent blood in this place, (G)and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, (H)then I will let you dwell in this place, (I)in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

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This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways(A) and your actions, and I will let you live(B) in this place. Do not trust(C) in deceptive(D) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” If you really change(E) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,(F) if you do not oppress(G) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood(H) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods(I) to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land(J) I gave your ancestors(K) for ever and ever.

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45 For their sake he (A)remembered his covenant,
    and (B)relented according to (C)the abundance of his steadfast love.

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45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(A)
    and out of his great love(B) he relented.(C)

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No, I tell you; but unless you (A)repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in (B)Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you (C)repent, you will all likewise perish.”

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I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam(A) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(B) you too will all perish.”

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16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(B)cease to do evil,
17     learn to do good;
(C)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
(D)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

18 “Come now, (E)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as (F)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
    they shall become like wool.
19 (G)If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land;

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  1. Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute

16 Wash(A) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(B)
    stop doing wrong.(C)
17 Learn to do right;(D) seek justice.(E)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](F)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(G)
    plead the case of the widow.(H)

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(I)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(J)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(K)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(L)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(M)

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  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor