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 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, saying: 6“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to 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 this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”
• Jeremiah 12:14Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Jeremiah 45:4“Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land.
• Amos 9:8“Behold, 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,” Says the Lord.
• Jonah 3:4And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and said, “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