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Jeremiah 18:7

Good News Translation

If at any time I say that I am going to uproot, break down, or destroy any nation or kingdom,

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he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret

Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Perhaps the people will listen and give up their evil ways. If they do, then I will change my mind about the destruction I plan to bring on them for all their wicked deeds.”

And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up.

‘If you are willing to go on living in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not pull you up. The destruction I brought on you has caused me great sorrow.

“But I, the Lord, am tearing down what I have built and pulling up what I have planted. I will do this to the entire earth.

I may warn someone evil that he is going to die, but if he stops sinning and does what is right and good—

But at the height of his power his empire will break up and be divided into four parts. Kings not descended from him will rule in his place, but they will not have the power that he had.

I, the Sovereign Lord, am watching this sinful kingdom of Israel, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not destroy all the descendants of Jacob.

God saw what they did; he saw that they had given up their wicked behavior. So he changed his mind and did not punish them as he had said he would.

Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, “In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!”




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