⁶ The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ^(A)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and ^(B)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast ^(C)love and faithfulness,

⁹ For ^(A)if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your children ^(B)will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For ^(C)the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, ^(D)if you return to him.”

³¹ Nevertheless, ^(A)in your great mercies ^(B)you did not make an end of them or forsake them, ^(C)for you are a gracious and merciful God.

² And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? ^(A)That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ^(B)gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and ^(C)relenting from disaster.