26:3 Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. 1 If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them 2 as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing. 3
1 tnHeb “will turn from his wicked way.”
2 tn For the idiom and translation of terms involved here see 18:8 and the translator’s note there.
3 tnHeb “because of the wickedness of their deeds.”