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Scripture Analysis

Jonah 3:10

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God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.

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Contradictions (1)

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  • God does repent?

    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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