¹⁸ And when Jehovah raised up to them judges -- then was Jehovah with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repenteth Jehovah, because of their groaning from the presence of their oppressors, and of those thrusting them away.

⁵ `No man doth station himself before thee all days of thy life; as I have been with Moses, I am with thee, I do not fail thee, nor forsake thee;

³⁶ For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth -- the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.

⁴⁴ And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry,

⁴⁵ And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

²⁴ and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;

⁶ and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart.

⁹ And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, `Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

¹⁰ because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'

¹⁰ And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done `it'.

⁸ How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

⁷ The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,

⁸ And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.

⁹ And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

¹⁰ And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.

¹³ Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

⁵ Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.

²² And Hazael king of Aram hath oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz,

²³ and Jehovah doth favour them, and pity them, and turn unto them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hath not been willing to destroy them, nor to cast them from His presence as yet.

⁴ And Jehoahaz appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkeneth unto him, for He hath seen the oppression of Israel, for oppressed them hath the king of Aram, --

¹⁶ And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel.

¹² and He saith, `Because I am with thee, and this `is' to thee the sign that I have sent thee: in thy bringing out the people from Egypt -- ye do serve God on this mount.'