Jeremiah 12:17

17 But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:17 in Other Translations

17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

17 But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD."

17 But any nation who refuses to obey me will be uprooted and destroyed. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

17 But if they won't listen, then I'll pull them out of their land by the roots and cart them off to the dump. Total destruction!" God's Decree.

17 However, if they will not obey, then I will uproot and destroy that nation." [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration.

Jeremiah 12:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 12:17

But if they will not obey
Or "hear" ^F11; the word of the Lord, and hearken to the ministers of the Gospel, and be subject to the ordinances of it; or as the Targum,

``will not receive instruction:''

I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord:
root it up from being a nation, strip it of all its privileges and enjoyments, and destroy it with an everlasting destruction; see ( Zechariah 14:16-18 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (wemvy) "audierint", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "audient", Cocceius.

Jeremiah 12:17 In-Context

15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country.

16 And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people.

17 But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it,” declares the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 27:29; Isaiah 60:12