¹⁷ and none of the condemned things^[a] are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger,^(A) will show you mercy,^(B) and will have compassion^(C) on you. He will increase your numbers,^(D) as he promised^(E) on oath to your ancestors—

⁸ and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent^(A) and not inflict on it the disaster^(B) I had planned.