English Standard Version
Jeremiah 18:10
10and 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.
Context of Jeremiah 18:10
8and 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. 9And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, 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. 11Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 'Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.' 12"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
Read all of Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 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 7:23But this command I gave them: 'Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
- Ezekiel 18:24But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
- Ezekiel 33:18When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.
- Ezekiel 45:20You shall do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance; so you shall make atonement for the temple.
- Zephaniah 1:6those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him."
- Numbers 14:22none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these ten times and have not obeyed my voice,
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,' but now the Lord declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 13:13And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 15:11"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all 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
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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
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