Jeremiah 18:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ and that nation shall turn from its evil because I have spoken against it, then I shall repent of the evil that I thought to do to it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ but if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I’ll relent and not carry out the harm I intended for it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ If that nation, against which I have spoken, will repent from their evil, I too will repent from the evil that I have decided I would do to them.

Jeremiah 18:8 Cross References

2 Chronicles 12:6

Then the rulers of Yisra’ĕ

Psalm 106:45

And remember His covenant for their sake, And relent according to the greatness of His kindness.

Psalm 135:14

For יהוה  rightly rules His people, And has compassion on His servants.

Psalm 90:13

Return, O יהוה! How long? And be sorry for Your servants.

Exodus 32:12

“Why should the Mitsrites speak, and say, ‘For evil He brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from the heat of Your wrath, and relent from this evil to Your people.

Exodus 32:14

And יהוה  relented from the evil which He said He would do to His people.

Jeremiah 12:16

“And it shall be, if they learn well the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, ‘As יהוה  lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baʽ

Jeremiah 15:6

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares יהוה, “you have gone backward. Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. I have been weary of relenting!

Jeremiah 26:13

“And now, make good your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of יהוה  your Elohim, then יהוה  shall relent concerning the evil He has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 26:19

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Jeremiah 26:3

‘If so be that they listen and each turn from his evil way, then I shall repent of the evil that I plan to do to them, because of the evil of their deeds.’

Jeremiah 36:3

“It could be that the house of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you would indeed stay in this land, then I shall build you and not pull you down, and I shall plant you and not pluck you up. For I have relented of the evil I have done to you.

Ezekiel 18:21

“But the wrong, if he turns from all his sins which he has done, and he shall guard all My laws, and shall do right-ruling and righteousness, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

Ezekiel 33:11

“Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares the Master יהוה, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wrong, but that the wrong turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 33:12

“And you, O son of man, say to the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression. And as for the wrongness of the wrong, he shall not stumble because of it in the day that he turns from his wrong. And the righteous shall not be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’

Ezekiel 33:13

“When I say to the righteous that he shall live, and he has trusted in his righteousness, and shall do unrighteousness, none of his righteousness shall be remembered, but because of his unrighteousness that he has done, he shall die.

Ezekiel 33:14

“Again, when I say to the wrong, ‘You shall certainly die,’ if he turns from his sin and does right and righteousness,

Hosea 11:8

“How could I give you up, Ephrayim? How could I hand you over, Yisra’ĕ

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and set up right-ruling in the gate. It might be that יהוה  Elohim of hosts shows favour to the remnant of Yosĕ

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to יהוה, and he said, “Please, יהוה, was this not what I said while I was in my own land? This is why I went ahead and fled to Tarshish. For I know that You are an Ě

Deuteronomy 32:36

“For יהוה  rightly rules His people And has compassion on His servants, When He sees that their power is gone, And there is no one remaining, Shut up or at large.

Judges 2:18

And when יהוה  raised up rulers for them, יהוה  was with the ruler and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the ruler, for יהוה  had compassion on their groaning because of those who oppressed them and crushed them.