Holy Scripture
Jonah 3:10
A church father on this verse
“These things, dearly beloved, we are writing, not only to warn you but also to remind ourselves; for we are in the same arena, and the same contest lies before us. For this reason let us abandon empty and silly concerns and come to the glorious and holy rule of our tradition. Let us see what is good and pleasing and a…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did it not.
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8So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloth, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
9Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and so we shall not perish?
— Jonah 3:10 —