Is God admitting to making a false prediction in Jeremiah 3:7?
I must admit to being reluctant to respond to "skeptic dude." What a
dumb handle! Do you have a whole name, Dave?
Whatever ambiguities exist in the text (it may mean "she (Israel) would
return," "she (Israel) will return," "you (m. s.) should return," and
other modal nuances, I would hardly call thinking that Israel will,
would, should or might return is a "false prediction."
Jeremiah consistently expresses that the future is contingent on
people's choices. See 18:7-10 where YHWH clearly admits contingency and
his own flexibility of mind. I would recommend the masterful commentary
on Jeremiah in Abraham Heschel's /The Prophets/.
Shalom,
Bryan
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B.M. Rocine
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