⁸ 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.

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)

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.

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)

³ 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.

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.

³ So the Lord relented.^(A)

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

⁴ 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. ⁵ Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!^(E)”

⁶ So the Lord relented.^(F)

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