Jeremiah 18:8
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נָחַםnâchamproperly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorabl
- חָשַׁבchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricat
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 18:21, Jer 26:13, Hos 11:8, Jon 3:9–10, Jer 26:3, Jol 2:13–14, Amo 7:3–6, Jdg 2:18