⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth^(A) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.^(B)”

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. ⁹ And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built^(D) up and planted, ¹⁰ and if it does evil^(E) in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider^(F) the good I had intended to do for it.^(G)