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NASB | Jeremiah 18:8 if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 18:8 if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the devastation that I intended to do. |
Bible Question:
Does this imply that God can change His mind? It seems in Jer 18 the emphasis is on God's power/authority to make the vessel how he desires, but that desire can be changed by the heart of a nation! There are a number of verses in the Bible that at least imply if not directly state that God can change His mind. ...it repented the Lord that he had made man..." Gen 6:6; " Vines "And the Lord repented (The NASB "changed his mind") of the evil which he thought to do unto his people" Ex 32:14, 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" Jer 18:8 Even this verse implies that the potter will set out to make a vessel (kingdom) a certain way, but if they Repent God will change his mind about the vessel. How do you, on the forum, reconcile these numerous passages with the view that God cannot change? |
Bible Answer: we know God does not have a nose, or ears or limbs(he is a spirit)yet those terms are used to help us understand a little about our God (1 John 5:20) We also know God knows the beginning from the end. He knows who he is going to use to accomplish his will. So he does not change like shadows as it says in James, so what he determines or plans will stand. He uses vessels like the prophets and obedient servants and so him changing his mind is to let us know in a finite way that he will use his people to bring about a change in THEIR lives. This would look like he changed his mind on a judgement, but it was Him using his people to bring about a change in a nation, situation etc |
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