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Jeremiah 18:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 18:8

Verse 8 of 23

Scripture focus

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Jeremiah 18:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 18:8

Theological / Devotional

Turn from their evil. The profound truth is here taught that this is a moral universe, and that nations stand or fall according to their relationship to the moral law. If a nation conducts its affairs uprightly, following the precepts of justice and mercy, it “shall prosper” (Ps. 1:3). If, on the other hand, it becomes tyrannical, gives itself wholly to the material and secular values of life, and disregards the norms of honest national and international dealing, it “shall perish” (see Ps. 1:6). There was still time for Judah to repent.

I will repent. See on Gen. 6:6; Joel 2:13.

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