¹⁴ So the Lord relented^(A) concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.

¹⁶ Then the angel extended his hand towards Jerusalem to destroy it,^(A) but the Lord relented concerning the destruction^(B) and said to the angel who was destroying^(C) the people, ‘Enough, withdraw your hand now! ’ The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing-floor of Araunah^[a] the Jebusite.^(D)