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Jeremiah 18:7–8

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7At what instant I shall speak fconcerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, fto pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, gturn from their evil, hI will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

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Footnotes

  1. fSee ch. 1:10. & 42:10.
  2. fSee ch. 1:10. & 42:10.
  3. gSee Ezek. 18:21.
  4. hch. 26:3, 13, 19. Jonah 3:10. See Judg. 2:18.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it. However, if that nation about which I have made the announcement turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

NLTNew Living Translation

If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy it. But if that nation turns back from its evil that I have threatened against it, then I will relent concerning the disaster that I planned to do to it.