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Jeremiah 18:7

Judgment

5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

6 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

8 But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

9 And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
KJV
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
WEB
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
ASV
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
DARBY
At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,
BLB
The moment I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to uproot and to tear down and to destroy,
ÅB
En gang taler jeg om et folk og et rike, at jeg vil rykke opp og rive ned og ødelegge;
OTB
Når som helst kan jeg tale om et folk eller et rike, for å rykke det opp, rive det ned, eller ødelegge det;
B1930
En gang taler jeg om et folk og et rike, at jeg vil rykke op og rive ned og ødelegge;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

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  • Jeremiah 12:14–17

    This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.

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  • Jeremiah 45:4

    Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

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  • Jonah 3:4

    On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”

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  • Amos 9:8

    Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 25:9–14

    behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

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