Jeremiah 18:8

If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.

9And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:14And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.

Judges 2:18And when the Lord raised them up judges, in their days he was moved to mercy, and heard the groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from the slaughter of the oppressors.

1 Kings 8:33If thy people Israel shall fly before their enemies, (because they will sin against thee,) and doing penance, and confessing to thy name, shall come, and pray, and make supplications to thee in this house:

Psalms 90:13Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.

Jeremiah 7:3Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:2-11

The Sovereign Prerogative of God; Divine Goodness and Equity. ( b. c. 600.) 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 6 O… Read the whole commentary →

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