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Lexicon :: Strong's H5162 - nāḥam

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נָחַם
Transliteration
nāḥam
Pronunciation
naw-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1344

Strong’s Definitions

נָחַם nâcham, naw-kham'; a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):—comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H5162 in the following manner: comfort (57x), repent (41x), comforter (9x), ease (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x
The KJV translates Strong's H5162 in the following manner: comfort (57x), repent (41x), comforter (9x), ease (1x).

  1. to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion

      2. to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent

      3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

      4. to comfort oneself, ease oneself

    2. (Piel) to comfort, console

    3. (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled

    4. (Hithpael)

      1. to be sorry, have compassion

      2. to rue, repent of

      3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

      4. to ease oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחַם nâcham, naw-kham'; a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):—comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
STRONGS H5162: Abbreviations
† [נחם] verb Niph. be sorry, console, oneself, etc. (only in derived species) (Late Hebrew Pi. comfort; Phoenician in proper name Lzb322; Targum Pa. = Late Hebrew, and derivatives; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic, Pa. id., SchwIdioticon 54; Arabic bdb063604 breathe pantingly (of horse)); —
Niph.
Perfect נִחַם Amos 7:3 + 4 times; נִח֑ם Jeremiah 20:16 + 2 times; 1st person singular נִחַמְתִּי Genesis 6:7 + 8 times; נִחָ֑מְתִּי Zechariah 8:14; 2nd person masculine plural נִחַמְתֶּם Ezekiel 14:22; Imperfect יִנָּחֵם Exodus 13:17 + 6 times; וַיִּנָּ֫תֶם Genesis 6:6 + 6 times; + 5 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּחֵם Exodus 32:12; Psalm 90:13; Infinitive הִנָּחֵם Jeremiah 31:15; 1 Samuel 15:29; Participle נִחָם Judges 21:15 + 3 times; —
1. be sorry, moved to pity, have compassion, for others, absolute Jeremiah 15:6; with על Psalm 90:13; אֶל Judges 21:6; לְ Judges 21:15; מִן Judges 2:18.
2. be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent, of one's own doings, absolute Exodus 13:17 (E), Psalm 106:45; Jeremiah 20:16; Joel 2:14; Zechariah 8:14; || שׁקּר 1 Samuel 15:29 (twice in verse); מאס Job 42:6; שׁוב Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 31:19; Jonah 3:9; חוּס Ezekiel 24:14; לא נ׳, || נשׂבע Psalm 110:4; with עַל Amos 7:3, 6; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 18:10; עלהֿרעה for ill done to others Exodus 32:12, 14 (J), Jeremiah 18:8; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10; Jonah 4:2; אלהֿרעה 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15 (על), Jeremiah 26:8, 13, 19; Jeremiah 42:10; כְּי Genesis 6:6, 7 (J), 1 Samuel 15:11, 35.
3. comfort oneself, be comforted: absolute Genesis 38:12 (J) Psalm 77:3; Ezekiel 31:16; with עַל 2 Samuel 13:39; Jeremiah 31:15; על הרעה, concerning the evil Ezekiel 14:22; Ezekiel 32:31; אחרי Genesis 24:67 (J).
4. comfort oneself, ease oneself, by taking vengeance with מן Isaiah 1:24; על Isaiah 57:6.
Piel Perfect נִחַם Isaiah 49:13; + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect יְנַחֵם Job 29:25; 3rd person masculine plural יְנַחֲמוּ Job 42:11; יְנַחֵמ֑וּן Zechariah 10:2 + 13 times Imperfect; Imperative נַחֲמוּ Isaiah 40:1 (twice in verse); Infinitive נַחֵם Isaiah 61:2; suffix נַחֲמוֺ Genesis 37:35 + 9 times Infinitive; Participle מְנַחֵם Lamentations 1:2, plural מְנַחֲמִים Psalm 69:21. + 11 times Participle — comfort, console, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), 1 Chronicles 19:3 = 2 Samuel 10:3; Psalm 69:21; Ecclesiastes 4:1 (twice in verse); Zechariah 10:2; Nahum 3:7; Lamentations 1:16; with accusative of person Genesis 50:21 (E) 2 Samuel 12:24; 1 Chronicles 7:21; 1 Chronicles 19:2; Job 2:11; Job 7:13; Job 21:34; Job 29:25; Ruth 2:13; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 71:21; Psalm 119:76; Psalm 119:82; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 40:1 (twice in verse); Isaiah 51:3 (twice in verse); Isaiah 51:12, 19; Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 66:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 14:23; Ezekiel 16:54; Zechariah 1:17; Lamentations 2:13; || עזר Psalm 86:17; רַחֵם Isaiah 49:13; גאל Isaiah 52:9; שׂמּח Jeremiah 31:13; מן of thing Genesis 5:29 (J); על Jeremiah 16:7; Jeremiah 42:11; אל 2 Samuel 10:2 = על 1 Chronicles 19:2; מְנִחֲמֵי עמל Job 16:2; אֵין מְנַחֵם לְ Lamentations 1:2, 9, 17, 21.
Pual Perfect נֻחָ֑מָה Isaiah 54:11; Imperfect תְּנֻחָ֑מוּ Isaiah 66:13; be comforted, consoled.
Hithpa. Perfect 1st person singular וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתּי (for הִתְנ׳; but strike out Co) Ezekiel 5:13; Imperfect יִתְנֶחָ֑ם Deuteronomy 32:36 + 2 times; 1st person singular אֶתְנֶח֑ם Psalm 119:52; Infinitive הִתְנַחֵם Genesis 37:35; Participle מִתְנַחֵם Genesis 27:42 —
1. be sorry, have compassion עַלעֲֿבָדָיו upon his servants Deuteronomy 32:36 = Psalm 135:14.
2. rue, repent of, || כזּב, Numbers 23:19 (poem).
3. comfort oneself, be comforted, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), Psalm 119:52.
4. ease oneself, by taking vengeance Ezekiel 5:13 (?); with לִ person Genesis 27:42 (JE): compareQal 4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:29; 6:6; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 24:67; 27:42; 27:42; 37:35; 37:35; 37:35; 37:35; 38:12; 50:21

Exodus

13:17; 13:17; 32:12; 32:12; 32:14

Numbers

23:19

Deuteronomy

32:36; 32:36

Judges

2:18; 21:6; 21:15; 21:15

Ruth

2:13

1 Samuel

15:11; 15:29; 15:29; 15:35

2 Samuel

10:2; 10:3; 12:24; 13:39; 24:16

1 Chronicles

7:21; 19:2; 19:2; 19:3; 21:15

Job

2:11; 7:13; 16:2; 21:34; 29:25; 29:25; 42:6; 42:11

Psalms

23:4; 69:21; 69:21; 71:21; 77:3; 86:17; 90:13; 90:13; 106:45; 110:4; 119:52; 119:52; 119:76; 119:82; 135:14

Ecclesiastes

4:1

Isaiah

1:24; 12:1; 22:4; 40:1; 40:1; 49:13; 49:13; 51:3; 51:12; 51:19; 52:9; 54:11; 57:6; 61:2; 61:2; 66:13; 66:13

Jeremiah

4:28; 8:6; 15:6; 16:7; 18:8; 18:10; 20:16; 20:16; 26:8; 26:13; 26:19; 31:13; 31:15; 31:15; 31:19; 42:10; 42:11

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 1:9; 1:16; 1:17; 1:21; 2:13

Ezekiel

5:13; 5:13; 14:22; 14:22; 14:23; 16:54; 24:14; 31:16; 32:31

Joel

2:13; 2:14

Amos

7:3; 7:3; 7:6

Jonah

3:9; 3:10; 4:2

Nahum

3:7

Zechariah

1:17; 8:14; 8:14; 10:2; 10:2

H5162

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Strong's Number H5162 matches the Hebrew נָחַם (nāḥam),
which occurs 108 times in 100 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Isa 12:1–Zec 10:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:1 - Then you will say on that day,
“I will give thanks to You, O LORD;
For although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort H5162 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 - Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,
Let me weep bitterly,
Do not [fn]try to comfort H5162 me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:1 - “Comfort, H5162 O comfort H5162 My people,” says your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:13 - Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted H5162 His people
And will have compassion on His afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - Indeed, the LORD will comfort H5162 Zion;
He will comfort H5162 all her waste places.
And her wilderness He will make like Eden,
And her desert like the garden of the LORD;
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:12 - “I, even I, am He who comforts H5162 you.
Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies
And of the son of man who is made like grass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These two things have befallen you;
Who will mourn for you?
The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
How shall I comfort H5162 you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:9 - Break forth, shout joyfully together,
You waste places of Jerusalem;
For the LORD has comforted H5162 His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - “O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, H5162
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will lay in [fn]sapphires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:6 - “Among the [fn]smooth stones of the [fn]ravine
Is your portion, [fn]they are your lot;
Even to them you have poured out a drink offering,
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I [fn]relent H5162 concerning these things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:2 - To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort H5162 all who mourn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:13 - “As one whom his mother comforts, H5162 so I will comfort H5162 you;
And you will be comforted H5162 in Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - “For this the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above be dark,
Because I have spoken, I have purposed,
And I will not [fn]change H5162 My mind, H5162 nor will I turn from it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 - “I have listened and heard,
They have spoken what is not right;
No man repented H5162 of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a horse charging into the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - “You who have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD,
“You keep going backward.
So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am tired of relenting! H5162

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - “Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort H5162 anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8 - if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will [fn]relent H5162 concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:10 - if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will [fn]think H5162 better H5162 of the good with which I had promised to [fn]bless it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:16 - But let that man be like the cities
Which the LORD overthrew without [fn]relenting, H5162
And let him hear an outcry in the morning
And a [fn]shout of alarm at noon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may repent H5162 of the calamity which I am planning to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - “Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will [fn]change H5162 His mind H5162 about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19 - “Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD [fn]changed H5162 His mind H5162 about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - “Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together,
For I will turn their mourning into joy
And will comfort H5162 them and give them joy for their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - Thus says the LORD,
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted H5162 for her children,
Because they are no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - ‘For after I turned back, I repented; H5162
And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;
I was ashamed and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10 - ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I [fn]will relent H5162 concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:2 - She weeps bitterly in the night
And her tears are on her cheeks;
She has none to comfort H5162 her
Among all her lovers.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:9 - Her uncleanness was in her skirts;
She [fn]did not consider her future.
Therefore she has [fn]fallen astonishingly;
She has no comforter. H5162
“See, O LORD, my affliction,
For the enemy has magnified himself!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:16 - “For these things I weep;
[fn]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a comforter, H5162
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:17 - Zion stretches out her hands;
There is no one to comfort H5162 her;
The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob
That the ones round about him should be his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 - “They have heard that I groan;
There is no one to comfort H5162 me;
All my enemies have heard of my [fn]calamity;
They are glad that You have done it.
Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed,
That they may become like me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - How shall I admonish you?
To what shall I compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
To what shall I liken you as I comfort H5162 you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your [fn]ruin is as vast as the sea;
Who can heal you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:13 - ‘Thus My anger will be spent and I will [fn]satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be [fn]appeased; H5162 then they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - “Yet, behold, [fn]survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted H5162 for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:23 - “Then they will comfort H5162 you when you see their conduct and actions, for you will know that I have not done in vain whatever I did [fn]to it,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:54

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:54 - in order that you may bear your humiliation and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become H5162 a consolation H5162 to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 - “I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry; H5162 according to your ways and according to your deeds [fn]I will judge you,” declares the Lord GOD.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the [fn]well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted H5162 in the earth beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:31 - “These Pharaoh will see, and he will be comforted H5162 for all his hordes slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:13 - And rend your heart and not your garments.”
Now return to the LORD your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And relenting H5162 of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:14 - Who knows whether He will not turn and relent H5162
And leave a blessing behind Him,
Even a grain offering and a drink offering
For the LORD your God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:3 - The LORD [fn]changed H5162 His mind H5162 about this.
“It shall not be,” said the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:6 - The LORD [fn]changed H5162 His mind H5162 about this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - “Who knows, God may turn and relent H5162 and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:10 - When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented H5162 concerning the calamity which He had declared He would [fn]bring upon them. And He did not do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - He prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was not this [fn]what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore [fn]in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents H5162 concerning calamity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - “And it will come about that all who see you
Will [fn]shrink from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
Who will grieve for her?’
Where will I seek comforters H5162 for you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:17 - “Again, proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort H5162 Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 - “For thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Just as I purposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘and I have not relented, H5162

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the teraphim speak [fn]iniquity,
And the diviners see [fn]lying visions
And tell false dreams;
They comfort H5162 in vain.
Therefore the people [fn]wander like sheep,
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

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