Jeremiah 18:7
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
KJV
Repente loquar adversum gentem et adversus regnum, ut eradicem, et destruam, et disperdam illud :
Vulgate
πέρας λαλήσω ἐπὶ ἔθνος ἢ ἐπὶ βασιλείαν τοῦ ἐξᾶραι αὐτοὺς καὶ τοῦ ἀπολλύειν,
LXX
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
ASV
רֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל גּ֖וֹי וְ/עַל מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִ/נְת֥וֹשׁ וְ/לִ/נְת֖וֹץ וּֽ/לְ/הַאֲבִֽיד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הוּ
hv
verb · 42×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
ם
m
verb · 183×
ם
m
verb · 21×
מַמְלְכ֣וֹת
mmlkvt
noun · 117×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רֶ֖גַע
rg'
noun · 21×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But what is, Judging the twelve tribes of Israel? This is, condemning them. For they are not surely to sit as judges, but like as He said the Queen of the South should condemn that generation, and the Ninevites shall condemn them; so now these also. Therefore He said not, the nations, and the world, but the tribes of Israel. For since both the Jews alike and the apostles had…
Summa Theologica · 3 passages
Is there will in God? Does God will things apart from Himself? Does God necessarily will whatever He wills? Is the will of God the cause of things? Can any cause be assigned to the divine will? Is the divine will always fulfilled? Is the will of God mutable? Does the will of God impose necessity on the things willed? Is there in God the will of evil? Does God have free will? Is…
Does prophecy pertain to knowledge? Is it a habit? Is it only about future contingencies? Does a prophet know all possible matters of prophecy? Does a prophet distinguish that which he perceives by the gift of God, from that which he perceives by his own spirit? Can anything false be the matter of prophecy? Article 1. Whether prophecy pertains to knowledge? Objection 1. It woul…
The division of prophecy into its species Is the more excellent prophecy that which is without imaginative vision? The various degrees of prophecy Was Moses the greatest of the prophets? Can a comprehensor be a prophet? Did prophecy advance in perfection as time went on? Article 1. Whether prophecy is fittingly divided into the prophecy of divine predestination, of foreknowledg…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 20:1 — In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
- Dan 11:4 — And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom s
- Eccl 3:2 — A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- Ezek 33:14 — Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
- Isa 38:1 — In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
- Isa 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Jer 1:10 — See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
- Jer 1:10 — See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
- Jer 7:7 — Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
- Jer 12:14 — 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 o
- Jer 24:6 — For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Jer 26:3 — If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
- Jer 31:28 — And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant,
- Jer 42:10 — If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
- Jer 45:4 — Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
- Jer 45:4 — Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
- Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
- Jonah 3:4 — And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.