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 Lord gave me this message: 6“O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand. If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, 8but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. 9And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom,

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 1:10Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant.”
• Jeremiah 12:14Now this is what the Lord says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for the possession I gave my people Israel. And I will uproot Judah from among them.
• Jeremiah 25:9I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
• Jeremiah 45:4“Baruch, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted.
• Amos 9:8“I, the Sovereign Lord, am watching this sinful nation of Israel. I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,” says the Lord.
• Jonah 3:4On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”

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