Jeremiah 18:7

7 One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy [it].

Jeremiah 18:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 18:7

[At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and
concerning a kingdom
By way of threatening: or, "the moment I shall speak" ^F19, &c; as soon as ever I have declared concerning any people whatever, Jews or Gentiles; that if they go on in their sins, and remain impenitent, and do not turn from them, that they must expect I will quickly come out against such a nation and kingdom in a providential way, as threatened: to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];
as the proprietor of a garden, when it do not turn to his account, plucks up the plants, and pulls down the fences, and lets it go to ruin.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (rbda egr) "momento loquor", Schmidt; "momento eloquor", Junius & Tremellius; "momento ut loquutus fuero", Tigurine version.

Jeremiah 18:7 In-Context

5 And the word of Yahweh came to me, {saying},

6 "Like this potter, am I not able to do to you, O house of Israel?" {declares} Yahweh. "Look, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so [are] you in my hand, O house of Israel.

7 One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy [it].

8 But [if] that nation turns back from its evil that I have threatened against it, then I will relent concerning the disaster that I planned to do to it.

9 And the [next] moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant [it].

Footnotes

• [a]. Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation