Jeremias 26:3

3 Bem pode ser que ouçam, e se convertam cada um do seu mau caminho, para que eu desista do mal que intento fazer-lhes por causa da maldade das suas ações.

Jeremias 26:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 26:3

If so be they will hearken
And obey; which is expressive not of ignorance and conjecture in God, but of his patience and long suffering, granting space and time for repentance, and the means of it; which disregarded, leave without excuse: and turn every man from his evil way;
his series and course of life, which was evil, and was the case of everyone; so that as their sin was general, the reformation ought to be so too: that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them;
or "am thinking", or "devising ^F4 to do unto them"; which repentance must be understood not of a change of mind, but of the course of his providence towards them, which, by his threatenings, and some steps taken, portended ruin and destruction; yet, in case of repentance and reformation, he would change his method of action agreeably to his will: because of the evil of their doings;
this was the reason why he had threatened them with the evil of punishment, because of the evil of their actions; which were breaches of his law, and such as provoked the eyes of his glory.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (bvx ykna rva) "quod ego (sum) cogitans", Schmidt.

Jeremias 26:3 In-Context

1 No princípio do reino de Jeoiaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, veio da parte do Senhor esta palavra, dizendo:

2 Assim diz o Senhor: Põe-te no átrio da casa do Senhor e dize a todas as cidades de Judá que vêm adorar na casa do Senhor, todas as palavras que te mando que lhes fales; não omitas uma só palavra.

3 Bem pode ser que ouçam, e se convertam cada um do seu mau caminho, para que eu desista do mal que intento fazer-lhes por causa da maldade das suas ações.

4 Dize-lhes pois: Assim diz o Senhor: Se não me derdes ouvidos para andardes na minha lei, que pus diante de vós,

5 e para ouvirdes as palavras dos meus servos, os profetas, que eu com insistência vos envio, mas não ouvistes;