Is there a contradiction between Deuteronomy and Jonah?

This is what happens when you take things out of context.
Please read the full chapter for an explanation.
There was no contradiction at all. God is allowed to change his mind, just like we do. After all we were created in his image, so you should understand that.
I see no contradiction whatsoever. I also find it funny how you answerd your own question within the scripture you posted.
Nineveh took the warning seriously and did the right thing, so they were spared. Had they not, then the prophecy would have came true. no doubt.Jonah 3
7 Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh:"By the decree of the king and his nobles:Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9 Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.Jeremiah 18
7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.This message has been edited by riVeRraT, 05-09-2004 05:14 PM

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No, I didn't take anything out of context. Please do not make such charges unless you can back them up. It is neither honest nor conducive to discussion.

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IMO you took things out of context, and I am entitiled to my opinion. After all you had yours. It is completely honest of me to state such.I also backed it up, and therefor it was conducive to the discussion. I am sorry if you cannot see the reasoning, and think that I am, in some way attacking you, thats not how it was meant.You must study more than one translation of the Bible. The NIV one is probably the best. The enemy lives in those bad translations. The Devil also Loves Church, he is there every Sunday. Did you pray to God to explain it to you?, that would have been your best bet instead of asking us mere men.Peaople for 2000 years have been trying to prove the Bible wrong, and haven't suceeded. So don't feel to bad. I Love how if one statement in the Bible proves to be controversial it means that God doesn't exist.
Too bad people don't feel the same way about science, other wise no-one would believe in it.