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Jeremiah 18:10 and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said that I would bless it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />but if it does evil in My sight by not listening to My voice, then I will relent concerning the good which I promised, to do good to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and if they do evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will reverse My decision concerning the good with which I had promised to bless them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, if it does what is evil in my sight by not listening to me, I will relent concerning the good I had said I would do to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, if it does what is evil in My sight by not listening to My voice, I will relent concerning the good I had said I would do to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />but its people start disobeying me and doing evil, then I will change my mind and not help them at all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But suppose that nation does what I consider evil and doesn't obey me. Then I will change my plans about the good that I promised to do to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but then that nation disobeys me and does evil, I will not do what I said I would. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But if that nation does evil in my eyes by not obeying me, I'll change my mind about the good that I said I would bring on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it has done evil in My eyes, "" So as not to listen to My voice, "" Then I have relented of the good "" That I have spoken of doing to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it did evil in mine eyes not to hear to my voice, and I lamented for the good which I said to do well to it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice: I will repent of the good that I have spoken to do unto it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If it does evil in my sight, so as not to listen to my voice, I will repent of the good that I have said I would do to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />but if that nation does what is evil in my eyes, refusing to obey my voice, then I will have a change of heart regarding the good with which I planned to bless it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will change my mind about the good that I had intended to do to it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if it does evil in my sight and does not obey my voice, then I will turn away from it the good which I said I would do to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And it will do what is evil before me, and it will not hear my voice, I will turn from it the good that I spoke to do to it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and they do evil before me, so as not to hearken to my voice, then will I repent of the good which I spoke of, to do it to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5390" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">The Potter and the Clay</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and if it does</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hå̄·rå̄·ʿå̄h (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nay (Prep-b:: N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in My sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: lə·ḇil·tî (Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">and does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šə·mō·a‘ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·w·lî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">to My voice,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: wə·ni·ḥam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">then I will relent</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">the good</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I had intended for it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: lə·hê·ṭîḇ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-16</a></span><br />If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24</a></span><br />But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Ezekiel 33:13</a></span><br />If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Isaiah 1:19-20</a></span><br />If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a></span><br />My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a></span><br />“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-4.htm">Zechariah 1:4</a></span><br />Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19-20</a></span><br />But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a></span><br />Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-6.htm">Luke 13:6-9</a></span><br />Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4-6</a></span><br />It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, / who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— / and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-5.htm">Revelation 2:5</a></span><br />Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.</p><p class="hdg">do.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23-28</a></b></br> But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/125-5.htm">Psalm 125:5</a></b></br> As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: <i>but</i> peace <i>shall be</i> upon Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24</a></b></br> But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, <i>and</i> doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked <i>man</i> doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.</p><p class="hdg">then.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22,34</a></b></br> Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a></b></br> Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed <i>that</i> thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">1 Samuel 13:13</a></b></br> And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">Benefit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Better</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-4.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-4.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-27.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Intended</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Minute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-27.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Obeying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/job/6-29.htm">Reconsider</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Think</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/2-7.htm">Benefit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-13.htm">Better</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-23.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-3.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-19.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-45.htm">Intended</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-13.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/mark/9-39.htm">Minute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-4.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/luke/1-6.htm">Obeying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-4.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-42.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-27.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/job/6-29.htm">Reconsider</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-15.htm">Think</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-19.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-1.htm">Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The concept of "evil in My sight" indicates that God is the ultimate judge of right and wrong, and His perspective is what matters. In the context of Jeremiah, this refers to the nation of Israel, which was often guilty of idolatry and disobedience. The phrase echoes the covenantal relationship established in the Torah, where blessings and curses are contingent upon obedience (Deuteronomy 28). The historical context involves Israel's repeated failure to uphold the covenant, leading to divine judgment.<p><b>and does not listen to My voice</b><br>Listening to God's voice implies obedience and responsiveness to His commands. In the prophetic tradition, God's voice is often mediated through prophets like Jeremiah, who called the people to repentance. The cultural context of ancient Israel placed a high value on oral tradition and prophetic messages. This phrase underscores the importance of heeding divine warnings, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a>, where the people are described as unwilling to listen to the law of the Lord.<p><b>then I will relent of the good I had intended for it</b><br>This phrase introduces the concept of divine relenting or repentance, which is not about God changing His mind capriciously but responding to human actions. Theologically, it reflects God's justice and mercy, as His intentions are contingent upon human behavior. This is consistent with the conditional nature of many biblical prophecies, where blessings are promised if the people remain faithful. The idea of God relenting is also seen in the story of Jonah and Nineveh (<a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Jonah 3:10</a>), where God spares the city after its inhabitants repent. This phrase serves as a warning and a call to repentance, emphasizing that God's plans for good are dependent on the people's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who communicates His will and intentions through His prophets.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nation_of_israel.htm">The Nation of Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies, representing God's chosen people who are often warned about their disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_potter's_house.htm">The Potter's House</a></b><br>The setting for the object lesson in <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Jeremiah 18</a>, where God illustrates His sovereignty over nations and individuals.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a></b><br>The agreement between God and Israel, which includes blessings for obedience and consequences for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_human_responsibility.htm">God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility</a></b><br>God is sovereign and has the authority to shape nations and individuals according to His will. However, human response to His voice plays a crucial role in determining the outcome.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_conditional_nature_of_god's_promises.htm">The Conditional Nature of God's Promises</a></b><br>God's promises of good are often conditional upon obedience. Disobedience can lead to the withdrawal of intended blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's voice is crucial for receiving His blessings. Disobedience not only forfeits blessings but can also invite judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_divine_relenting.htm">Repentance and Divine Relenting</a></b><br>Genuine repentance can lead to God relenting from intended judgment. This highlights God's mercy and willingness to forgive.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Jeremiah serve as God's messengers, calling people to repentance and warning them of the consequences of disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_judaism_develop_gradually.htm">Why does archaeology show that Judaism developed gradually rather than being revealed all at once?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._3_12-14_show_limitless_mercy.htm">How does Jeremiah 3:12-14 depict limitless mercy when texts like 2 Kings 17:6-23 suggest God's patience eventually ran out?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jeremiah_7_30-31__why_no_historical_proof.htm">Jeremiah 7:30-31: How does the practice of child sacrifice in this passage reconcile with the lack of supporting historical records outside the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._18_fit_with_god's_omniscience.htm">Jeremiah 18 portrays God as learning from people's actions; how does that reconcile with the belief in His omniscience?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and if it does</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשָׂ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evil</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרַע֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in My sight</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵינַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and does not</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבִלְתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇil·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listen</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֹ֣עַ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mō·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to My voice,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקוֹלִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qō·w·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will relent</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ni·ḥam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the good</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטּוֹבָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I had intended for it.</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֖רְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Jeremiah 18:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/18-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 18:10 If they do that which is evil (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>