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God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
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Verse 10. Mercy. Hebrew “repented,” as some copies of the Septuagint read, while others have, “was comforted.” Bible.—God suspended the stroke. But as the people soon relapsed, Sardanapalus burnt himself to death, and the city was taken, (Saint Jerome) thirty-seven years after Jeroboam. A. 3257. Usher.—Yet this was only a prelude to its future ruin, foretold by Tobias, (14:5. in Gr.) and effected by Nabopolassar and Astyages. Calmet. A. 3378. Usher.—The vestiges did not appear in the days of Lucian, (Charon. Calmet.) soon after Christ. Bible.
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