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but if that nationוְ הַגּוֹי הַהוּאturns backשָׁבfrom its evil,מֵרָעָתוֹconcerning whichאֲשֶׁר עָלָיוI spoke,דִּבַּרְתִּיI will relentוְנִחַמְתִּיconcerning the evilעַל הָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרI intendedחָשַׁבְתִּיto do to it.לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ
Jeremiah 18:8
Study it in the app“but if that nation turns back from its evil, concerning which I spoke, I will relent concerning the evil that I intended to do to it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 18:8, word by word
- but if that nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- turns backשָׁבshav
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shav” appears- from its evilרָעָתraat
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raat” appears- I spokeדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- I will relentנִחַמְתִּיnichamti
relent
God gives up the evil he announced and leaves it unfulfilled.
Where else “nichamti” appears- I intendedחָשַׁבְתִּיchashavti
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “chashavti” appears- to do to itעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
7At one moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot and to tear down and to destroy;
8 · This verse (above)
9And at another moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant;