I, Yahweh, have spoken it. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways, and according to your doings, they will judge you,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”
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I, Yahweh, have spoken it. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways, and according to your doings, they will judge you,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Malachi 3:6, and James 1:17 stack hard on the idea that God does not and cannot repent or change. Genesis 6:6, Joel 2:14, and Jonah 3:10 show God actively repenting — changing his mind about punishment, grieving the creation of humanity.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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"Ezekiel 24:14 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/ezekiel/24/14?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).