Jeremiah 12:17

17 And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'

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 And it hath been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land.

16 And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

17 And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'