Verse 17
Jeremiah 12:17
World English Bible, British Edition
17
But if they will not hear, then I will pluck up that nation, plucking
up and destroying it,” says the LORD.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִ֖ם לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ וְ/נָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜י אֶת הַ/גּ֥וֹי הַ/ה֛וּא נָת֥וֹשׁ וְ/אַבֵּ֖ד נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And if they do not listen, then I will uproot that nation; it will be destroyed, says the Lord.
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Chapter 12 Context
1
You are righteous, LORD,
when I contend with you;
yet I would like to plead a case with you.
Why doe...
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2
You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root.
They grow. Yes, they produce fruit.
You are near i...
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3
But you, LORD, know me.
You see me, and test my heart towards you.
Pull them out like sheep for the...
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4
How long will the land mourn,
and the herbs of the whole country wither?
Because of the wickedness o...
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5
“If you have run with the footmen,
and they have wearied you,
then how can you contend with horses?...
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6
For even your brothers, and the house of your father,
even they have dealt treacherously with you!
E...
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7
“I have forsaken my house.
I have cast off my heritage.
I have given the dearly beloved of my soul i...
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8
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest.
She has uttered her voice against me.
Therefor...
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9
Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey?
Are the birds of prey against her all around?
Go, a...
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10
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard.
They have trodden my portion under foot.
They have made m...
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11
They have made it a desolation.
It mourns to me, being desolate.
The whole land is made desolate,
be...
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12
Destroyers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness;
for the sword of the LORD devours fr...
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13
They have sown wheat,
and have reaped thorns.
They have exhausted themselves,
and profit nothing.
Yo...
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14
The LORD says, “Concerning all my evil neighbours, who
touch the inheritance which I have caused my...
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15
It will happen that after I have plucked them up, I will return and
have compassion on them. I will...
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16
It will happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people,
to swear by my name, ‘As the LO...
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17
But if they will not hear, then I will pluck up that nation, plucking
up and destroying it,” says th...