⁷ If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,^(A) torn down and destroyed, ⁸ 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.

²⁷ But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.^(A)

⁸ When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,^(A)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for^[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.^(B)

¹⁹ And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.^(A)

Repentance to Bring Blessing