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

8if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it. 9Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it; if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will think better of the good with which I had promised to bless it. 11So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds.”’ 12But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’

Jeremiah 18:10 word by word

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

• if it doesעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in My sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• by not obeyingשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• My voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• thinkנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• with whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• I had promisedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• blessיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:10

• Jeremiah 7:23But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’
• Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord will lead them away with the doers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Ezekiel 18:24“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.
• Ezekiel 33:18When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it.
• Ezekiel 45:20Thus you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who goes astray or is naive; so you shall make atonement for the house.
• Zephaniah 1:6And those who have turned back from following the Lord, And those who have not sought the Lord or inquired of Him.”
• Numbers 14:22Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,
• 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk 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 will be lightly esteemed.
• 1 Samuel 13:13Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for now 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 carried out My commands.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out 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

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