3It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
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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.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In the beginning of Ezekiel’s prophecy we meet with a roll written in vision , for discovery of the things therein contained to the prophet himself, who was to receive and digest them, Ezek. 2:9 , 10 ; 3:1 . Here, in the latter end of Jeremiah’s prophecy, we meet with a roll written in fact , for discovery of the things contained therein to the people, who were to hear and give heed to them; for t…
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