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Jeremiah 18:9
9Or at another time I may speak about a nation or about a kingdom, to build up or to plant it.
Jeremiah 18:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
- New International Version (NIV)And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
Context of Jeremiah 18:9
7At one moment I may speak about a nation or about a kingdom, to uproot, to pull down or to destroy it. 8But if that nation turns from their evil, because of what I have spoken against it, I will relent concerning the calamity that I planned to do to it. Or at another time I may speak about a nation or about a kingdom, to build up or to plant it. 10But if it does evil in My sight, not listening to My voice, then I will relent of the good that I had said I would do to it.” 11So now, speak to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, thus says Adonai: “I am about to bring calamity against you, and devise disaster against you. Turn back now—everyone from his evil way—and amend your ways and your doings.
Read all of Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 18:9 word by word
וְרֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִבְנֹ֖ת וְלִנְטֹֽעַ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:9
- Jeremiah 1:10See, today I have appointed you over nations and over kingdoms: to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
- Jeremiah 11:17For Adonai-Tzva’ot, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves, provoking Me by offering sacrifices to Baal.
- Jeremiah 30:18Thus says Adonai, “Indeed, I will return Jacob’s tents from exile, and have compassion on his dwellings. The city will be rebuilt on her mound. The citadel will stand in its rightful place.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria— planters will plant and use them.
- Jeremiah 32:41“Yes, I will delight in doing good for them, and with all My heart and all My soul I will in truth plant them in this land.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:2a time to give birth and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted;
- Amos 9:11“In that day I will raise up David’s fallen sukkah. I will restore its breaches, raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in days of old
Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:9
- 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. 1-232. go down--namely, from the high ground on which the temple stood, near which Jeremiah exercised his prophetic office, to the low ground, where some well-known (this is the force of "the") potter had his workshop.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
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