2Sa 12:22, Joe 2:13-14, Amo 5:15, Jon 3:9 | ESV | STEP | He said , While the child was still alive , I fasted and wept , for I said , Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live ?

j[See ver. 10 above]

2 Samuel 12:22

22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ^a‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

Joel 2:13-14

13 and ^brend your hearts and not ^cyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^dfor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^eand he relents over disaster.
14 ^fWho knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and ^gleave a blessing behind him,
^ha grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?

Amos 5:15

15 ⁱHate evil, and love good,
and establish justice ^jin the gate;
^kit may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Jonah 3:9

9 ^lWho knows? God may turn and relent ^mand turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”