Jonah 3:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

God saw

Luke 15:20

And god repented

General references

Exodus 32:14

Amos 7:3

Bible References

God saw

It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;

Bring me back that I may be restored,

For You are the Lord my God.

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and

embraced him and kissed him.

And god repented

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will

relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

And rend your heart and not your garments.”
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And relenting of evil.

The Lord

changed His mind about this.

“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

General references

So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

The Lord

changed His mind about this.

“It shall not be,” said the Lord.