1 Chronicles 21:15

New Century Version

God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but when the angel started to destroy it, the Lord saw it and felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened. So he said to the angel who was destroying, “That is enough! Put down your arm!” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Cross References

Genesis 19:13

because we are about to destroy this city. The Lord has heard of all the evil that is here, so he has sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 6:6

He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.

2 Samuel 24:16

When the angel raised his arm toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened. He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “That is enough! Put down your arm!” The angel of the Lord was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Samuel 24:18

That day Gad came to David and said, “Go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

1 Kings 19:4

Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he prayed. “Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors.”

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then Solomon began to build the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah. This was where the Lord had appeared to David, Solomon’s father. Solomon built the Temple on the place David had prepared on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Psalm 78:38

Still God was merciful. He forgave their sins and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger and did not stir up all his anger.

Psalm 90:13

Lord, how long before you return and show kindness to your servants?

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord changed his mind and did not destroy the people as he had said he might.

Exodus 9:28

Pray to the Lord. We have had enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not have to stay here any longer.”

Jeremiah 26:18

“Micah, from the city of Moresheth, was a prophet during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. Micah said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: Jerusalem will be plowed like a field. It will become a pile of rocks, and the hill where the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.’

Jeremiah 26:9

How dare you prophesy in the name of the Lord that this Temple will be destroyed like the one at Shiloh! How dare you say that Jerusalem will become a desert without anyone to live in it!” And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the Temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:12

“ ‘You people of Judah, go now to the town of Shiloh, where I first made a place to be worshiped. See what I did to it because of the evil things the people of Israel had done.

Amos 7:3

So the Lord changed his mind about this. “It will not happen,” said the Lord.

Amos 7:6

So the Lord changed his mind about this too. “It will not happen,” said the Lord God.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what the people did, that they stopped doing evil, he changed his mind and did not do what he had warned. He did not punish them.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord, “When I was still in my own country this is what I said would happen, and that is why I quickly ran away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a God who is kind and shows mercy. You don’t become angry quickly, and you have great love. I knew you would choose not to cause harm.

Mark 14:41

After Jesus prayed a third time, he went back to his followers and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That’s enough. The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinful people.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Do not complain as some of them did; they were killed by the angel that destroys.

Judges 10:16

Then the Israelites threw away the foreign gods among them, and they worshiped the Lord again. So he felt sorry for them when he saw their suffering.

Judges 2:18

When their enemies hurt them, the Israelites cried for help. So the Lord felt sorry for them and sent judges to save them from their enemies. The Lord was with those judges all their lives.

1 Samuel 15:11

“I am sorry I made Saul king, because he has stopped following me and has not obeyed my commands.” Samuel was upset, and he cried out to the Lord all night long.