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Jeremiah 18:8

RepentanceMercy and compassionGod's will and calling

6 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

7 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

9 And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,

10 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.

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BSB
But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
KJV
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.
WEB
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
ASV
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
DARBY
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
BLB
and if that nation turns back from its evil, about which I have spoken against, then I will relent concerning the evil that I thought to bring upon it.
ÅB
men dersom det folk som jeg har talt om, vender om fra sin ondskap, da angrer jeg det onde som jeg hadde tenkt å gjøre mot det.
OTB
hvis det folket som jeg har talt mot vender seg fra sin ondskap, vil jeg angre den ulykken jeg hadde tenkt å bringe over det.
B1930
men dersom det folk som jeg har talt om, vender om fra sin ondskap, da angrer jeg det onde som jeg hadde tenkt å gjøre mot det.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 18:21

    But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

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  • Jeremiah 26:13

    So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

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  • Jonah 3:9–10

    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

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  • Hosea 11:8

    How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

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  • Jeremiah 26:3

    Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

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  • Joel 2:13–14

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

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  • Amos 7:3–6

    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

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  • Judges 2:18

    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

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