And the Lord appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt, but dwell in the land which I shall tell you of.

And sojourn in this land; and I will be with you, and bless you, for I will give to you and to your seed all this land; and I will establish My oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.

And I will fix My eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good; and I will build them up, and not pull them down, and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

And it shall come to pass, that as I watched over them, to pull down, and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, says the Lord.

And I will turn the captivity of Judah, and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, even as before.

For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

For the Lord shall build up Zion, and shall appear in His glory.

And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built the ruined [cities] and planted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it].

"After this I will return, and I will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen; and its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

[If] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy [them];

And [if] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant [it];

Did Hezekiah and all Judah in any way kill him? Was it not that they feared the Lord, and they made supplication before the Lord, and the Lord relented from the doom which He [had] pronounced against them? But we have wrought great evil against our own souls.

And the Lord was prevailed upon to preserve His people.

For the Lord shall judge His people, and shall be comforted over His servants; for He saw that they were utterly weakened, and failed in the hostile invasion, and have become feeble.

And because the Lord raised them up judges, so the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved at their groaning by reason of them that besieged them and afflicted them.

And the angel of the Lord stretched out His hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord relented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, [It is] enough now, withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

And He remembered His covenant, and relented according to the multitude of His mercy.

How shall I deal with you, O Ephraim? [How] shall I protect you, O Israel? What shall I do with you? I will make you as Adamah, and as Zeboiim; My heart is turned at once, My repentance is powerfully excited.

and tear your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for He is merciful and compassionate, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and relenting of evil.

Relent, O Lord, of this. And this shall not be, says the Lord.

This also shall not be, says the Lord.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God relented of the evil which He had said He would do to them; and He did it not.

And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? Therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish; because I knew that You are merciful and compassionate, long suffering, and abundant in kindness, and relent of [bringing about] evil.