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The Potter and the Clay

Jeremiah 18:7

In 11 translations

BSB
At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
KJV
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
WEB
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
ASV
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
LSV
The moment I speak concerning a nation, || And concerning a kingdom, || To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,
YLT
The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,
DBY
At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,
DRC
I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.
GNV
I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy it.
JPS
At one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
LXXE
If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them;

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Original-language editions

WLC
רֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִנְת֥וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֖וֹץ וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃
LXX-Br
Πέρας λαλήσω ἐπὶ ἔθνος, ἢ ἐπὶ βασιλείαν τοῦ ἐξᾶραι αὐτοὺς, καὶ τοῦ ἀπολλύειν,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
  • Jeremiah 45:4Thus 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 12:14–17This 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…
  • Amos 9:8Surely 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 3:4On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
  • Jeremiah 25:9–14behold, 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…

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