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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsif that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile