8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
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But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
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Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
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When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.