Jeremiah 1:10
Read Jeremiah 1:10 Using Other Translations
What does Jeremiah 1:10 mean?
See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over
the
kingdoms
Not as a prince, but as a prophet over them, to prophesy things
concerning them, whether good or evil, which should certainly
come to pass as he predicted: to root out, and to pull
down, and to destroy, and to throw down;
that is, to foretell that such a kingdom and nation should be
rooted out, as a tree or plant that is plucked up by the roots;
and that such an one should be pulled, and thrown down, and
destroyed, as a building is. The whole may be understood of the
destruction of the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar, of their temple, city,
and nation; though the Targum and Jarchi interpret all this of
the Gentiles only, and the following, to build, and to
plant,
of the house of Israel; which may be applied to the building of
the temple, and the planting of the Jews in their own land, after
their return from captivity, which Jeremiah prophesied of. These
last words are not in the Arabic version.
