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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,

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 has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, 8and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. 9And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

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 set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."
• Jeremiah 12:14Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit: "Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
• Jeremiah 45:4Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.
• Amos 9:8Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," declares the Lord.
• Jonah 3:4Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall 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