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God saw what they did
"God understood that they stopped doing evil actions"
they turned from their evil ways
The author speaks of the people stop sinning as if they turned their back to an object. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
God changed his mind about the punishment that he had said he would do to them
Here God deciding not to do the punishment he had planned is spoken of is if he changed his mind. AT: "God changed his thinking about the punishment that he had said he would do to them" or "God decided not to punish them as he had said he would" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
he did not do it
What God was to do can be made explicit. AT: "he did not punish them" or "he did not destroy them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)