Jeremiah 12:17

Jeremiah 12:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation,” says the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 12:17

15And it will come about that after I have driven them out, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. 16Then, if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ just as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people. But if they do not listen, then I will drive out that nation, drive it out and destroy it,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 12:17 word by word

וְאִ֖ם לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ וְנָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜י אֶת־הַגּ֥וֹי הַה֛וּא נָת֥וֹשׁ וְאַבֵּ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• But ifאִם'im · ifH518
• they do not listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• driveנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• that nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and destroyאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 12:17

• Psalms 2:8Ask it of Me, and I will certainly give the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
• Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, And the nations will be utterly ruined.
• Zechariah 14:16Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of armies, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
• Luke 19:27But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’”
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• 1 Peter 2:6For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone, And the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame.”
• Jeremiah 12:14This is what the Lord says concerning all My wicked neighbors who do harm to the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel: “Behold, I am going to drive them out of their land, and I will drive the house of Judah out from among them.
• Jeremiah 18:7At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it;
• Jeremiah 31:28And just as I have watched over them to uproot them, tear them down, ruin, destroy, and bring disaster on them, so I will watch over them to build and to plant them,” declares the Lord.
• Ezekiel 19:12But it was uprooted in fury; It was thrown down to the ground; And the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong stem was torn out So that it withered; The fire consumed it.
• Daniel 7:4The first was like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and set up on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.
• Daniel 11:4But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, because his sovereignty will be removed and given to others besides them.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 12:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I will - destroy that nation - Several of them did not obey, and are destroyed. Of the Moabites, Ammonites, and Chaldeans, not one vestige remains. The sixteenth verse is supposed to be a promise of the conversion of the Gentiles. See Ephesians 2:13-22. From the thirteenth verse to the end is a different discourse, and Dahler supposes it to have been delivered in the seventh or eighth year of the reign of Jehoiakim.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-17Verses 14-17 The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward to the times when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. Those who would have their lot with God's people, and a last end like theirs, must learn their ways, and walk in them.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17If these nations refused to obey the Lord, they would be removed and destroyed (Jeremiah 1:10). declares the LORD: This statement gave God's words the power of a divine command.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1714-17. Prophecy as to the surrounding nations, the Syrians, Ammonites, &c., who helped forward Judah's calamity: they shall share her fall; and, on their conversion, they shall share with her in the future restoration. This is a brief anticipation of the predictions in the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth chapters. touch--(Zec 2:8). pluck them out ... pluck out ... Judah--(Compare end of Jr 12:16). During the thirteen years that the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 12

• 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