Jeremiah 26:13

But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. ¹  Obey the Lord your God. If you do, the Lord will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would. ² 

Ex 32:14; De 32:36; Jud 2:18; Isa 1:19; Isa 55:7; Jer 7:3-7; Jer 18:8; Jer 26:3,19; Jer 35:15; Jer 36:3; Jer 38:20; Jer 42:10; Eze 33:11; Ho 14:1-4; Joe 2:14; Jon 3:9; Jon 4:2; Heb 5:9

¹ tn Heb “Make good your ways and your actions.” For the same expression see 7:3, 5; 18:11.

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

sn The Lord is being consistent in the application of the principle laid down in Jer 18:7-8 that reformation of character will result in the withdrawal of the punishment of “uprooting, tearing down, destroying.” His prophecies of doom are conditional threats, open to change with change in behavior.