12 Why should (A)the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘With evil motives He brought them out, to kill them on the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent of doing harm to Your people.

Read full chapter

12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(A) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(B) on your people.

Read full chapter

17 Nothing at all from what is designated for destruction is to cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from (A)His burning anger and (B)show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and (C)make you increase, just (D)as He has sworn to your fathers,

Read full chapter

17 and none of the condemned things[a] are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger,(A) will show you mercy,(B) and will have compassion(C) on you. He will increase your numbers,(D) as he promised(E) on oath to your ancestors—

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

23 Therefore (A)He said that He would destroy them,
If (B)Moses, His chosen one, had not stood in the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Read full chapter

23 So he said he would destroy(A) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(B) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

Read full chapter

(A)Who knows, God may turn and relent, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

Read full chapter

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

Read full chapter