Jeremiah 12:17

But if they will not hearken, Then will I Uproot that nation, Uproot, that I may destroy,—Declareth Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

16And it shall come to pass—If they will, diligently learn, the ways of my people—To swear by my Name saying, By the life of Yahweh, As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

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Cross References

Isaiah 41:11Lo! they shall turn pale and be ashamed—All they who have been incensed against thee,—They shall become as nothing and perish—The men who have been thine accusers:

Jeremiah 12:14Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning all my wicked neighbours, who have been touching the inheritance which I gave as an inheritance unto my people Israel,—Behold me! uprooting them from off their own soil, Whereas the house of Judah, will I uproot out of their midst.

Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that—Just as I watched over them, to root up and to break down and to tear out and to destroy, and to break in pieces, So, will I watch over them, to build and to plant, Declareth Yahweh.

Daniel 7:4The foremost, like a lion, having, the wings of an eagle,—I looked until the wings thereof, were torn out, and it was lifted up from the earth, and, upon its feet, like a man, was it caused to stand, and, the heart of a man, was given to it.

Micah 5:14And I will uproot thy Sacred Stems out of thy midst,—and will destroy thy cities:

Luke 19:27But, these mine enemies who desired not that I should be made king over them, bring ye here, and slay them outright before me.

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 →

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