Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, New Living Translation If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, English Standard Version If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, Berean Standard Bible At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. King James Bible At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; New King James Version The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, New American Standard Bible At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it; NASB 1995 “At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; NASB 1977 “At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; Legacy Standard Bible At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to tear down, or to make it perish; Amplified Bible At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy; Christian Standard Bible At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it. Holman Christian Standard Bible At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it. American Standard Version At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; Aramaic Bible in Plain English If from the stillness I shall speak about a people and about a kingdom to uproot and to pull down and to overthrow and to destroy Brenton Septuagint Translation If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them; Contemporary English Version If I threaten to uproot and shatter an evil nation, Douay-Rheims Bible I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it. English Revised Version At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; GOD'S WORD® Translation "At one time I may threaten to tear up, break down, and destroy a nation or a kingdom. Good News Translation If at any time I say that I am going to uproot, break down, or destroy any nation or kingdom, International Standard Version At one moment I may speak about a nation or a kingdom to uproot it, pull it down, or destroy it. JPS Tanakh 1917 At one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; Literal Standard Version The moment I speak concerning a nation, | And concerning a kingdom, | To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, Majority Standard Bible At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. New American Bible At one moment I may decree concerning a nation or kingdom that I will uproot and tear down and destroy it; NET Bible There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom. New Revised Standard Version At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, New Heart English Bible At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; Webster's Bible Translation At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; World English Bible At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it, Young's Literal Translation The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Potter and the Clay…6“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. 7At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. 8But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.… Cross References Genesis 6:6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant." Jeremiah 31:28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD. Jeremiah 42:10 If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you. Jeremiah 45:4 Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: "This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted. Ezekiel 33:14 But if I tell the wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right-- Daniel 11:4 But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others. Treasury of Scripture At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; to pluck. Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Jeremiah 12:14-17 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them… Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. Jump to Previous Announce Break Declare Destroy Destroyed Destruction Instant Kingdom Moment Nation Pluck Pull Sending Smashing Speak Time Torn Uproot Uprooted Uprooting WheneverJump to Next Announce Break Declare Destroy Destroyed Destruction Instant Kingdom Moment Nation Pluck Pull Sending Smashing Speak Time Torn Uproot Uprooted Uprooting WheneverJeremiah 18 1. Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.11. Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt. 18. Jeremiah prays against his conspirators. (7-10) At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation . . .--The words carry the thoughts of the prophet back to those which had been stamped indelibly on his memory when he was first called to his work (Jeremiah 1:10). He is now taught that that work was throughout conditional. In bold anthropomorphic speech Jehovah represents himself as changing His purpose, even suddenly, "in an instant," if the nation that is affected by it passes from evil to good or from good to evil. The seeming change is but the expression of an unchanged eternal Law of Righteousness, dealing with men according to their works. This, and not the assertion of an arbitrary, irresistibly predestinating will, was the lesson the prophet had been taught by the parable of the potter's wheel.Verses 7, 8. - At what instant, etc.; rather, One instant I may speak... but if that nation, against which 1 have spoken, turn from their evil, I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. A similar rendering for the next verse. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew At any timeרֶ֣גַע (re·ḡa‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7281: A wink, a very short space of time I might announce אֲדַבֵּ֔ר (’ă·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue that עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a nation גּ֖וֹי (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts or kingdom מַמְלָכָ֑ה (mam·lā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign will be uprooted, לִנְת֥וֹשׁ (lin·ṯō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5428: To pull or pluck up, root out torn down, וְלִנְת֖וֹץ (wə·lin·ṯō·wṣ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5422: To pull down, break down and destroyed. וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃ (ū·lə·ha·’ă·ḇîḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish Links Jeremiah 18:7 NIVJeremiah 18:7 NLT Jeremiah 18:7 ESV Jeremiah 18:7 NASB Jeremiah 18:7 KJV Jeremiah 18:7 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 18:7 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 18:7 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 18:7 French Bible Jeremiah 18:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning (Jer.) |
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