Jeremiah 18:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 18:8

6 “O house of Israel, ^acan I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, ^bas the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to ^apluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,

8 ^aif that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, ^bI will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.

9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,

10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.

11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. ^aReturn now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings ^bgood.” ’ ”

God’s Warning Rejected

12 And they said, ^a“That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one¹ obey the ^bdictates of his evil heart.”

13 Therefore thus says the Lord:
^a“Ask now among the Gentiles,
Who has heard such things?
The virgin of Israel has done ^ba very horrible thing.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 18:8

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And if [the people of] that nation concerning which I have spoken turn from their evil, I will relent {and} reverse My decision concerning the evil that I thought to do to them.

Contemporary English Version
and that nation turns from its evil, I will change my mind.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
but then that nation turns from its evil, I will not do what I said I would.

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.

New American Standard Bible
if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

New International Version
and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

New King James Version
if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

Revised Standard Version
and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will repent of the evil that I intended to do to it.

Young's Literal Translation
And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.

New English Translation
But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong,¹ I will cancel the destruction² I intended to do to it.

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