Then the Lord said, ‘I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky #– #for I regret that I made them.’
Amos 7:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord relented concerning this. ‘This will not happen either,’ said the Lord God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord relented and revoked this sentence: This also shall not be, said the Lord [and He was eased and comforted concerning it]. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah. Common English Bible The LORD relented concerning this: “This also won’t take place,” says the LORD God. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord has been merciful about this. "And even this will not be," said the Lord God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God. |
Then the Lord said, ‘I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky #– #for I regret that I made them.’
Then God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but when the angel was about to destroy the city, the Lord looked, relented concerning the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, ‘Enough, withdraw your hand now! ’ The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
So the Lord relented concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.
Did King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did not the king fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favour, , and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves! ’
“If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you, and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.
Tear your hearts, not just your clothes, and return to the Lord your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and he relents from sending disaster.
He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand.
God saw their actions #– #that they had turned from their evil ways #– #so God relented from the disaster he had threatened them with. And he did not do it.
He prayed to the Lord, ‘Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled towards Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.
So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshipped the Lord, and he became weary of Israel’s misery.
Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for the Israelites, the Lord was with him and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive. The Lord was moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.