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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 42:10 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 42:10 |
King James |
If ye 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 unto you. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
If ye . . . abide--namely, under the Babylonian authority, to which God hath appointed that all should be subject (Dan 2:37-38). To resist was to resist God.
build . . . plant--metaphor for, I will firmly establish you (Jer 24:6).
I repent . . . of the evil-- (Jer 18:8; Deu 32:36). I am satisfied with the punishment I have inflicted on you, if only you add not a new offense [GROTIUS]. God is said to "repent," when He alters His outward ways of dealing. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I repent me - As punishment had been inflicted, the divine justice was satisfied. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
repent
(See Scofield) - (Zac 8:14). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I repent - I am satisfied with the punishment your nation hath undergone, and as to the remainder, will change the course of my providence. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For I repent me of the evil - The meaning is, As I have punished you only because you continued to be rebellious, I will arrest this punishment as soon as you become obedient to my word. You need not fear the king of Babylon if you have me for your helper; and I will so show mercy to you that he shall see it, and cease from afflicting you, as he shall see that I am on your side. |
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
8 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.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: