¹³ Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

¹⁴ For Yahweh will judge his people, And have compassion on his servants.

³⁶ For Yahweh will judge his people, Repent himself for his servants; When he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.

⁴⁵ He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

⁹ Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"

⁶ Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.

³ Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh.

¹⁴ Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

¹⁶ Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'

¹³ Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.

¹⁴ Who knows? He may turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind him, Even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

⁸ "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, My compassion is aroused.

¹⁵ It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

⁴⁶ How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

¹⁰ How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

³ My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh--how long?

⁴ Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, And save me for your loving kindness' sake.

¹⁴ Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

¹² Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.