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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais si cette nation, sur laquelle j'ai parlé, revient de sa méchanceté, Je me repens du mal que j'avais pensé lui faire.
KJV
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.
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
mercy, is what we call the repentance of God: this is more clearly written in the book of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 18:8). God does not repent or change what He has decreed, as it is said in the psalm: God has sworn, and He will not repent; that is, the Father to the Son: You are a Prie…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
re, does God pardon men for offending him, without their repenting. On the contrary, The Lord said ( Jer. 18:8 ): "If that nation . . . shall repent of their evil" which they have done, "I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do them," so that, on the other hand, i…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 87 (Migne)
et ego poenitentiam agam super malum quod locutus sum ut facerem eis, et non faciam, dicit Dominus (Jerem. XVIII, 8) . Haec ergo fratres, semper in mente tenete, haec verba filiis et vicinis vestris narrate, haec rememoramini dum sedetis in domos vestras, et dum ambulatis, nec ob…
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