Jeremiah 18:7

7 At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy [it].^[a]

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 The word of the Lord came to me:

6 "House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter [treats his clay]?"-[this is] the Lord's declaration. "Just like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.

7 At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy [it].

8 However, if that nation I have made an announcement about, turns from its evil, I will not bring the disaster on it I had planned.

9 At [another] time I announce that I will build and plant a nation or a kingdom.

Footnotes

• [a] Jr 1:10; 24:6; 31:28