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If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done to you.
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Understanding God's 'Repentance'
Commentators are unanimous that when the Bible says God 'repented,' it does not mean He sinned or regretted a mistake. Scholars explain this as a change in God's actions from judgment to mercy. His justice having been satisfied by the punishment already inflicted, He was now ready to act with compassion and restore His people. It describes a change in His providential dealings, not His perfect character.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I repent - As punishment had been inflicted, the divine justice was satisfied.
19th Century
Anglican
Then will I build you, and not pull you down ... —We note the characteristic recurrence of the formulas with which Jeremi…
16th Century
Protestant
Here Jeremiah declares what answer he received from God, and he delivered it in God's name to the leaders of the forces and to the whole people. Th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you will still abide in this land In the land of Judea, their native country, where they had always lived, and where t…
If we wish to know the Lord's mind in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is always ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicte…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the instruction is given; concerning this, there are three points.
He speaks of the authority of the one revealing…
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