Jeremías 26:3

3 "Tal vez escuchen y cada uno se vuelva de su mal camino, y yo me arrepienta del mal que pienso hacerles a causa de la maldad de sus obras."

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 26:3 In-Context

1 Al comienzo del reinado de Joacim, hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, vino esta palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo:

2 Así dice el SEÑOR: "Ponte en el atrio de la casa del SEÑOR, y habla a todas las ciudades de Judá que vienen a adorar en la casa del SEÑOR todas las palabras que te he mandado decirles. No omitas ni una palabra.

3 "Tal vez escuchen y cada uno se vuelva de su mal camino, y yo me arrepienta del mal que pienso hacerles a causa de la maldad de sus obras."

4 Les dirás: "Así dice el SEÑOR: 'Si no me escucháis, para andar en mi ley que he puesto delante de vosotros,

5 escuchando las palabras de mis siervos los profetas que os he enviado repetidas veces, pero no los habéis escuchado,