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Jeremiah 18:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If I threaten to uproot and shatter an evil nation

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He was very sorry that he had made them,

and I am sending you with authority to speak to the nations for me. You will tell them of doom and destruction, and of rising and rebuilding again.”

Perhaps the people will listen this time. And if they stop doing wrong, I will change my mind and not punish them for their sins.

In the past, I took care to uproot them, to tear them down, and to destroy them. But when that day comes, I will take care to plant them and help them grow.

I am sorry that I had to punish you, and so I now tell you to stay here in Judah, where I will plant you and build you up, instead of tearing you down and uprooting you.

But all over the earth I am tearing down what I built and pulling up what I planted.

Suppose I warn wicked people that they will die because of their sins, and they stop sinning and start doing right.

But suddenly his kingdom will be crushed and scattered to the four corners of the earth, where four more kingdoms will rise. But these won't be ruled by his descendants or be as powerful as his kingdom.

My eyes have seen what a sinful nation you are, and I'll wipe you out. But I will leave a few of Jacob's descendants. I, the LORD, have spoken!

When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.

After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!”




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