Anyway, this is a minor point. The meaning of the KJV is similar. (if we say something, we are obviously thinking it; speaking to ourselves is synonymous to thought.) I presented many other passages as well.

The point is that God, over and over again, presents Himself as participating in time. He thinks, He is influenced, He feels regret, sorrow, pain. He is disappointed. He changes His mind. All sorts of expressions are used which indicate that God acts in time, not at all like the Greek ideas we've inherited via Augustine.

The Bible is a Hebrew book, not Greek.

The immortality of the soul is another example of Greek influence, also coming from the idea of timelessness and impassibility.

So what makes you think that "I thought" and "she will" are the more correct wording?

Even if this example of Jer 3:7 will fall in the "right translation wars", there was still many other examples offered. What about them?

I will look at them next, however, to do this study justice, we had better look at what the whole Bible has to say about this, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little.

The idea that God doesn't know exactly, precisely what will happen in the future begs the question - What is the origin and source of unconditional prophecy?

As I pointed out, Daryl, there are scores upon scores of references like this. Anyone just reading through the Bible can see that God presents Himself as One acting in time, not as One outside of it. I could have presented *many* more texts than these few.

Regarding Jer. 3:6, 7, I presented 3 translations, all of them respected, which said the same thing. As Thomas pointed out, this is just one verse among many.

Surely if you've read through the Bible you've noticed the way that God communicates is not in a Platonic, timeless way.

God sees it all outside of time, however, he obviously communicates with us where we are at, in time and on time.

Well said, Daryl.

Well said, Tom.

I wonder what more we could learn from Platon, since half of us here have concluded that he is a authority on the timelessness of God?