Jeremiah 12:17
But if they will not return, then will I cut off that nation with utter ruin and destruction.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 41:11Behold, all your adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all your opponents shall perish.
Jeremiah 12:14For thus says the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbors that touch my inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I will draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them.
Jeremiah 31:28The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and lived in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a cave.
Daniel 7:4The first was as a lioness, and her wings as an eagle's; I saw until her wings were plucked, ands she was lifted off from the earth, and she stood on human feet, and a man's heart was given to her.
Micah 5:14And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of you, and I will abolish your cities.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:15-17
Predictions of Mercy. ( b. c. 606.) 14 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. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the… Read the whole commentary →