"Whyshould the Egyptiansspeak,saying,'With evil[intent] He broughtthem out to killthem in the mountainsand to destroythem from the faceof the earth?Turnfrom Your burningangerand changeYour mindabout[doing] harmto Your people.
Otherwisethe landfrom whichYou broughtus may say,"Becausethe LORDwas not ableto bringthem into the landwhichHe had promisedthem and becauseHe hatedthem He has broughtthem out to slaythem in the wilderness."
"For the Canaanitesand allthe inhabitantsof the landwill hearof it, and they will surroundus and cutoffour namefrom the earth.And whatwill You dofor Your greatname?"
So the LORDchangedHis mindaboutthe harmwhichHe saidHe would doto His people.
"For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Justas I purposedto doharmto you when your fathersprovokedMe to wrath,'saysthe LORDof hosts,and I have not relented,
"Whoknows,Godmay turnand relentand withdrawHis burningangerso that we will not perish."
The LORDchangedHis mindaboutthis."Thistooshall not be," saidthe LordGOD.
The LORDchangedHis mindaboutthis."It shall not be," saidthe LORD.
"But I withdrewMy handand actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nationsin whosesightI had broughtthem out.
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nations,before whosesightI had broughtthem out.
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nationsamongwhomthey [lived], in whosesightI madeMyself knownto them by bringingthem out of the landof Egypt.
And He rememberedHis covenantfor their sake, And relentedaccording to the greatnessof His lovingkindness.
Do return,O LORD;howlong[will it be]? And be sorryfor Your servants.
You withdrewallYour fury;You turnedawayfrom Your burninganger.
But He, being compassionate,forgave[their] iniquityand did not destroy[them]; And oftenHe restrainedHis angerAnd did not arouseallHis wrath.
Rememberthis,O LORD,that the enemyhas reviled,And a foolishpeoplehas spurnedYour name.
"Let our leadersrepresentthe wholeassemblyand let allthose in our citieswho have marriedforeignwivescomeat appointedtimes,togetherwith the eldersand judgesof eachcity,untilthe fierceangerof our Godon accountof thismatteris turnedawayfrom us."
They raisedoverhim a greatheapof stonesthat stands to thisday,and the LORDturnedfrom the fiercenessof His anger.Thereforethe nameof that placehas been calledthe valleyof Achorto thisday.
"For the LORDwill vindicateHis people,And will havecompassionon His servants,WhenHe seesthat [their] strengthis gone,And thereis none[remaining], bondor free.
"Nothingfrom that whichis put underthe banshall clingto your hand,in orderthat the LORDmay turnfrom His burningangerand showmercyto you, and havecompassionon you and make you increase,justas He has swornto your fathers,
The LORDwas sorrythat He had mademanon the earth,and He was grievedin His heart.
"Nowtherefore, I prayYou, ifI have foundfavorin Your sight,let me knowYour waysthat I may knowYou, sothat I may findfavorin Your sight.Considertoo, that thisnationis Your people."
"Separateyourselves from amongthiscongregation,that I may consumethem instantly."
"For the LORDwill not abandonHis peopleon accountof His greatname,becausethe LORDhas been pleasedto makeyou a peoplefor Himself.
(for they are Your peopleand Your inheritancewhichYou have broughtforthfrom Egypt,from the midstof the ironfurnace),
"Thereforethussaysthe LORD,Behold,I am about to removeyou from the faceof the earth.This yearyou are going to die,becauseyou have counseledrebellionagainstthe LORD.'"
Let the priests,the LORD'Sministers,Weepbetweenthe porchand the altar,And let them say,"SpareYour people,O LORD,And do not makeYour inheritancea reproach,A bywordamong the nations.Whyshould they among the peoplessay,Whereis their God?'"
"Pardon,I pray,the iniquityof thispeopleaccording to the greatnessof Your lovingkindness,justas You also have forgiventhispeople,from Egypteven untilnow."
Thereis noonewho callson Your name,Who arouseshimself to takeholdof You; For You have hiddenYour facefrom us And have deliveredus into the powerof our iniquities.
But now,O LORD,You are our Father,We are the clay,and You our potter;And allof us are the workof Your hand.
