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7 At any moment I may decide to pull up a people or a country by the roots and get rid of them.
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If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,
8 But if they repent of their wicked lives, I will think twice and start over with them.
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and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.
9 At another time I might decide to plant a people or country,
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And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,
10 but if they don't cooperate and won't listen to me, I will think again and give up on the plans I had for them.
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and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
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