⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth^(A) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.^(B)”

¹¹ “I regret^(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned^(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”^(C) Samuel was angry,^(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

²⁹ He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie^(A) or change^(B) his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

¹⁶ When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented^(A) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord^(B) was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

⁷ If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,^(A) torn down and destroyed, ⁸ 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. ⁹ And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built^(D) up and planted, ¹⁰ and if it does evil^(E) in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider^(F) the good I had intended to do for it.^(G)

¹⁴ This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Just as I had determined to bring disaster^(A) on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,” says the Lord Almighty,