Jeremiah 18:8
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah visits the potter's house and sees the potter rework a marred vessel. God can do the same with nations: what he decrees can be changed by repentance or undone by sin. The people plot against Jeremiah and he calls …
Andere Übersetzungen
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.
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.
If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.
Querverweise
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, …
For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is …
And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of …
And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto …
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for …
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again …
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land …
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.
Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.