^3 (A)Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his evil way, that I may ^(B)relent concerning the calamity which I purpose to bring on them because of the evil of their doings.’

³ It ^(A)may be that the house of Judah will hear all the adversities which I purpose to bring upon them, that everyone may ^(B)turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

⁷ The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to ^(A)pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, ^8 (B)if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, ^(C)I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. ⁹ And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, ¹⁰ if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.

² So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I ^(A)fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a ^(B)gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.