Jeremiah 4 Footnotes

4:28 God said he would not relent in his devastating judgment, but later in the prophecy (26:3; 42:10) he indicated a willingness to relent if the people would return to him. Where God’s own people are concerned, the prophetic announcement of God’s judgment is always conditional; upon their genuine repentance, he will relent. Here this possibility of forgiveness is raised in 5:1.