Jeremiah 26:3

26:3 Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. ¹  If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them ²  as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing. ³ 

[26:3]  ¹ tn Heb “will turn from his wicked way.”

[26:3]  ² tn For the idiom and translation of terms involved here see 18:8 and the translator’s note there.

[26:3]  ³ tn Heb “because of the wickedness of their deeds.”