Jeremiah 18:10

Obedience Judgment

⁸ If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

⁹ And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

¹¹ Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

¹² And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
KJV: If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
WEB: if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
ASV: if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
DARBY: if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.
BLB: and [if] it does evil in My eyes so that it does not listen to My voice, then I will relent concerning the good that I had said I would benefit them.

ÅB: men gjør det da det som er ondt i mine øyne, så det ikke hører på min røst, da angrer jeg det gode som jeg hadde tenkt å ville gjøre mot det.
OTB: hvis det gjør ondt i Mine øyne ved ikke å adlyde Min røst, da vil jeg revurdere det gode jeg hadde lovet å gjøre for det.
B1930: men gjør det da det som er ondt i mine øine, så det ikke hører på min røst, da angrer jeg det gode som jeg hadde tenkt å ville gjøre mot det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Samuel 2:30
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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Ezekiel 33:18
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
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1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
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Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
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1 Samuel 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
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Psalms 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
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Zephaniah 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
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Jeremiah 7:23–28
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
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