Jeremiah 18:7 “At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted…”

Jeremiah 18:7

At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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,

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy it.

Darby Translation

At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,

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,

Bible in Basic English

Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;

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Cross references

“to pluck”

Jeremiah 1:10 Jeremiah 12:14–17 Jeremiah 45:4 Jeremiah 25:9–14 Amos 9:8 Jonah 3:4

Jeremiah 1:10 · BSB

See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

Jeremiah 12:14–17 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.

Jeremiah 45:4 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 25:9–14 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

Amos 9:8 · BSB

Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

Jonah 3:4 · BSB

On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

8But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

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