💧WEB · Jeremiah 18:7
What does Jeremiah 18:7 mean?
"At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;"
— Jeremiah 18:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
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