💧WEB · Jeremiah 18:10

What does Jeremiah 18:10 mean?

"if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them."

— Jeremiah 18:10 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

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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.

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At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

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if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

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“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’

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But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”

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Therefore Yahweh says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

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