At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to (A)uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it; (B)if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will (C)relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.

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If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,(A) torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(B) and not inflict on it the disaster(C) I had planned.

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(A)How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I [a]make you like (B)Admah?
How can I treat you like (C)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
[b]All My compassions are kindled.

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  1. Hosea 11:8 Lit give
  2. Hosea 11:8 Lit Together

“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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13 And (A)tear your heart and not merely (B)your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in mercy
And (D)relenting of catastrophe.

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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)

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

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So the Lord relented.(A)

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

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The Lord (A)relented of this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.

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So the Lord relented.(A)

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

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10 When God saw their deeds, that they (A)turned from their evil way, then (B)God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would [a]bring on them. So He did not do it.

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  1. Jonah 3:10 Lit do to

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

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Then he (A)prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was this not [a]what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I (B)fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a (C)gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and One who relents of disaster.

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  1. Jonah 4:2 Lit my word

He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(A) that you are a gracious(B) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(C) a God who relents(D) from sending calamity.(E)

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