Jeremiah 18:7

If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them;

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The 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;

In Context

6Shall I not be able, O house of Israel, to do to you as this potter? behold, as the clay of the potter are ye in my hands.

8and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 12:14For thus saith the Lord concerning all the evil neighbors that touch mine inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I will draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Judah from the midst of them.

Jeremiah 26:3Take up arms and spears, and draw nigh to battle;

Amos 9:8Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

Jonah 3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did it not.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:2-11

The Sovereign Prerogative of God; Divine Goodness and Equity. ( b. c. 600.) 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 6 O… Read the whole commentary →

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