This verse is cited in the long form of Tachanun. Onkelos generally removes human characteristics attributed to G-d from his Aramaic translation in order to keep people from taking them too literally. “Repent” suggests that G-d is capable of regretting His decisions. Accordingly, Onkelos changes it to “Turn from Your fierce wrath and turn away from the evil that you thought to do to Your people.”
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