Jeremiah 18:10

Jeremiah 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
• New International Version (NIV)and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.

Context of Jeremiah 18:10

8But when I warn them, those people might stop doing wicked things. Then I would not punish them as I had promised to do. 9Sometimes I may promise to build up a nation or a kingdom and make it strong. But those people might start to do evil things. They might stop obeying me. Then I would not help them as I had promised to do. 11So now you must speak to the people who live in Jerusalem and in all of Judah. Tell them that the Lord says this: “Listen to me! I will cause great trouble for you. I have decided to punish you. So you must all stop doing the evil things that you have been doing. Change the way that you live and do things that are right.” 12But they will say, “Do not try to stop us! We will do whatever we want to do. We will continue to do wicked things.” ’

Jeremiah 18:10 word by word

וְעָשָׂ֤ה הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמֹ֣עַ בְּקוֹלִ֑י וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֖רְתִּי לְהֵיטִ֥יב אוֹתֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If it doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in my sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• that it obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• not my voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• then I will repentנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: relentH5162
• of the goodטוֹבָהţôb · welfareH2896
• wherewith I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I would benefitיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:10

• Jeremiah 7:23I also told them, “Obey me. Then I will be your God, and you will be my people. You must live in the way that I have commanded you. If you do that, you will enjoy your lives.”
• Psalms 125:5But as for people who follow their own bad ways, Lord, please remove them! Take them away, along with people who do evil things. May Israel have peace!
• Ezekiel 18:24A righteous person may stop doing things that are good and right. He may start to do the same disgusting things that wicked people do. Then he will not continue to live. I will not remember any of the good things that he did. Instead, I will punish him because of the sins that he has done. He has not been faithful to me, so he will die.
• Ezekiel 33:18If a righteous person stops doing good things and he starts to do evil things, he will die. He deserves to die because of his sins.
• Ezekiel 45:20You must also do this on the seventh day of the first month. That will cause me to forgive anyone who has done a wrong thing by mistake. Perhaps they did not know that it was a sin. In this way you will make the temple a clean place for me.
• Zephaniah 1:6‘I will remove those who have turned away from the Lord. I will also remove those who decide things without the Lord.
• Numbers 14:22All these people have seen my glory. They have seen the miracles that I did in Egypt and in the desert. But they have tested me many times now to see if I would punish them. They still do not obey me.
• 1 Samuel 2:30Because of what you have done, the Lord, Israel's God, says this to you: “I promised your family and your ancestors that they would serve me as priests for ever.” But now the Lord says, “That will never happen! I will give honour to people who respect me. But I will curse people who insult me.
• 1 Samuel 13:13Samuel said, ‘You have done a foolish thing. You have not obeyed the command of the Lord your God. If you had obeyed the Lord, he would have let you and your family rule Israel for ever.
• 1 Samuel 15:11‘I am sorry that I chose Saul to be king. He has turned away from me. He has not obeyed my commands.’ When Samuel heard that, he was very upset. He prayed aloud to the Lord all that night.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10If a nation or kingdom rejected the one true God, God could decide to uproot, tear down, and destroy it (see Jeremiah 1:10). If the nation changed its evil ways, the Lord's anger would ease, and he would not destroy it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-232. go down--namely, from the high ground on which the temple stood, near which Jeremiah exercised his prophetic office, to the low ground, where some well-known (this is the force of "the") potter had his workshop.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:10

• Contingencies
• Government
• Nation
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• Smite
• Wag
• Benefit
• Providence

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings