The Lord said, “(A)I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the [a]sky; for (B)I am sorry that I have made them.”

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  1. Genesis 6:7 Lit heavens

So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth(A) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.(B)

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At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to (A)uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; (B)if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will [a](C)relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it. Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to (D)build up or to plant it; 10 if it does (E)evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will [b](F)think better of the good with which I had promised to [c]bless it.

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  1. Jeremiah 18:8 Lit repent of
  2. Jeremiah 18:10 Lit repent
  3. Jeremiah 18:10 Lit do it good

If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,(A) torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(B) and not inflict on it the disaster(C) I had planned. And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built(D) up and planted, 10 and if it does evil(E) in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider(F) the good I had intended to do for it.(G)

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