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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.

KJV

si pœnitentiam egerit gens illa a malo suo quod locutus sum adversus eam, agam et ego pœnitentiam super malo quod cogitavi ut facerem ei.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπιστραφῇ τὸ ἔθνος ἐκεῖνο ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ μετανοήσω περὶ τῶν κακῶν ὧν ἐλογισάμην τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτοῖς.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/שָׁב֙ הַ/גּ֣וֹי הַ/ה֔וּא מֵ/רָ֣עָת֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עָלָ֑י/ו וְ/נִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל הָ֣/רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָשַׁ֖בְתִּי לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת לֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:33 — When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this ho
  • 2Chr 12:6 — Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
  • Amos 7:3 — The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
  • Deut 32:36 — For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
  • Exod 32:12 — Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent
  • Exod 32:14 — And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
  • Ezek 18:21 — But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  • Gen 6:6 — And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
  • Hos 11:8 — How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Jer 7:3 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
  • Jer 26:3 — If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
  • Jer 26:13 — Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
  • Jer 26:13 — Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
  • Jer 36:3 — It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
  • Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
  • Jonah 3:9 — Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
  • Jonah 3:10 — And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  • Jonah 4:2 — And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and me
  • Judg 2:18 — And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groa
  • Judg 10:15 — And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
  • Luke 13:3 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
  • Ps 90:13 — Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
  • Ps 106:45 — And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Ps 135:14 — For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
  • Zech 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according