Jeremiah 18:8 meaning and explanation

But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

Jeremiah 18:8, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Jeremiah at the potter's house, where the clay shaped and reshaped in the potter's hands becomes a picture of Israel in God's hands. Verse 8 sets out a principle for any nation: a announced judgment is a warning meant to turn people from evil, not a fixed sentence.

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