Jeremiah 18:7

Jeremiah 18:7 in other versions

• King James Version (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;
• New International Version (NIV)If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,
• English Standard Version (ESV)If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,
• New King James Version (NKJV)The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,

Context of Jeremiah 18:7

5Then the word of the Lord came to me: 6“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” says the Lord. “Look carefully, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy; 8if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the devastation that I intended to do. 9Or at another time I might [suddenly] speak about a nation or kingdom that I will build up or establish;

Jeremiah 18:7 word by word

רֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִנְת֥וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֖וֹץ וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• instantרֶ֫גַעrega‛ · momentH7281
• I shall speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• concerning a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and concerning a kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• to pluck upנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• and to pull downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
• and to destroyאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:7

• Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.”
• Jeremiah 12:14Thus says the Lord regarding all My evil neighbors (Gentile nations) who strike at the inheritance which I have granted to My people Israel, “Behold, I will uproot them from their land and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold (hear this), I will send for all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will send for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant [to enact My plan], and I will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing [that is, an object of warning and ridicule] and an everlasting desolation.
• Jeremiah 45:4Say this to him, ‘The Lord speaks in this way, “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, that is, the whole land.”
• Amos 9:8Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful [northern] kingdom [of Israel’s ten tribes] And I shall destroy it from the face of the earth; But I shall not totally destroy the house of Jacob [that is, the entire nation of Israel],” Says the Lord.
• Jonah 3:4Then on the first day’s walk, Jonah began to go through the city, and he called out and said, “Forty days more [remain] and [then] Nineveh will be overthrown!”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, etc. - If that nation, against whom, etc. - And at what instant, etc. - If it do evil, etc. - These verses contain what may be called God's decree by which the whole of his conduct towards man is regulated. If he purpose destruction against an offending person, if that person repent and turn to God, he shall live and not die. If he purpose peace and salvation to him that walketh uprightly, if he turn from…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7At what instant - literally, “in a moment.” Here, “at one time - at another time.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10If a nation or kingdom rejected the one true God, God could decide to uproot, tear down, and destroy it (see Jeremiah 1:10). If the nation changed its evil ways, the Lord's anger would ease, and he would not destroy it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. At what instant--in a moment, when the nation least expects it. Hereby he reminds the Jews how marvellously God had delivered them from their original degradation, that is, In one and the same day ye were the most wretched, and then the most favored of all people [Calvin].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings