Jeremiah 18:8
But should that nation, against whom I have spoken, return from their wrong-doing: then will I bethink me of the evil that I had thought to do unto them.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
9And at one instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
Cross References
Exodus 32:14And the Lord bethought himself of the evil which he had spoken to do unto his people.
Judges 2:18And when the Lord raised them up judges, then was the Lord with the judge, and he delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord bethought himself because of their groaning by reason of those that oppressed them and ill-treated them.
1 Kings 8:33When thy people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and they return then to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
Psalms 90:13Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants.
Psalms 135:14For the Lord will espouse the cause of his people, and concerning his servants will he bethink himself.
Jeremiah 7:3Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will permit you to dwell 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 →