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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>At what</i> instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy <i>it</i>;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy <i>it,</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot <i>it,</i> to tear <i>it</i> down, or to destroy <i>it;</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy <i>it;</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to tear down, or to make <i>it</i> perish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If I threaten to uproot and shatter an evil nation, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"At one time I may threaten to tear up, break down, and destroy a nation or a kingdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If at any time I say that I am going to uproot, break down, or destroy any nation or kingdom, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />At one moment I may speak about a nation or a kingdom to uproot it, pull it down, or destroy it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The moment I speak concerning a nation, "" And concerning a kingdom, "" To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The moment I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to tear down, and to destroy:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Suddenly, I will speak against a nation and against a kingdom, so that I may uproot, and destroy, and scatter it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At one moment I may decree concerning a nation or kingdom that I will uproot and tear down and destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If suddenly I should speak concerning a people and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to pull down and to destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If from the stillness I shall speak about a people and about a kingdom to uproot and to pull down and to overthrow and to destroy<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />At one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>If</i> I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy <i>them</i>;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5367" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">The Potter and the Clay</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7281.htm" title="7281: re·ḡa‘ (N-ms) -- A moment. From raga'. A wink, i.e. A very short space of time.">At any time</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ’ă·ḏab·bêr (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">I might announce</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w (N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">a nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4467.htm" title="4467: mam·lā·ḵāh (N-fs) -- Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign. From malak; dominion, i.e. the estate or the country.">or kingdom</a> <a href="/hebrew/5428.htm" title="5428: lin·ṯō·wōš (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To pull or pluck up, root out. A primitive root; to tear away.">will be uprooted,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5422.htm" title="5422: wə·lin·ṯō·wṣ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To pull down, break down. A primitive root; to tear down.">torn down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ū·lə·ha·’ă·ḇîḏ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">and destroyed.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Jonah 3:4-10</a></span><br />On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!” / And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. / When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21-24</a></span><br />But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. / None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live. / Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-13.htm">Ezekiel 33:13-16</a></span><br />If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed. / But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right— / if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-3.htm">Amos 7:3-6</a></span><br />So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said. / This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. / Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-2</a></span><br />“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27-29</a></span><br />When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly. / Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: / “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13-14</a></span><br />So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. / Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-3.htm">Luke 13:3-5</a></span><br />No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. / Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? / No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30-31</a></span><br />Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent. / For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-21.htm">Romans 11:21-23</a></span><br />For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. / And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4-6</a></span><br />It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, / who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— / and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;</p><p class="hdg">to pluck.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Jeremiah 12:14-17</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a></b></br> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-7.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Pluck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Smashing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Uproot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Uprooted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Uprooting</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-21.htm">Whenever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-10.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Instant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-24.htm">Pluck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-24.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-1.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-29.htm">Smashing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Torn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-6.htm">Uproot</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-4.htm">Uprooted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-6.htm">Uprooting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Whenever</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-1.htm">Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reflects the biblical theme that God's timing is not bound by human expectations (<a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>). The phrase suggests that divine intervention can occur unexpectedly, aligning with the biblical narrative of God acting in history according to His purposes.<p><b>I might announce</b><br>The use of "announce" indicates a prophetic declaration. In the context of Jeremiah, prophets were often the mouthpieces of God, delivering His messages to the people. This aligns with the role of prophets throughout the Old Testament, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, who conveyed God's warnings and promises.<p><b>that a nation or kingdom</b><br>This phrase highlights the scope of God's authority over all nations, not just Israel. It reflects the biblical understanding that God is the ruler of all the earth (<a href="/psalms/24.htm">Psalm 24:1</a>). Historically, this includes nations like Assyria and Babylon, which played significant roles in Israel's history. The mention of "nation or kingdom" underscores the universal application of God's judgment and mercy.<p><b>will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed</b><br>These actions—uprooting, tearing down, and destroying—are metaphors for divine judgment. They reflect the agricultural and construction imagery common in the Bible, symbolizing the complete removal and dismantling of a nation's power and influence. This is consistent with other prophetic literature, such as the book of Daniel, where kingdoms rise and fall according to God's will. Theologically, it points to the ultimate judgment and the establishment of God's kingdom, as seen in Revelation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_potter's_house.htm">The Potter's House</a></b><br>The setting for the object lesson God gives to Jeremiah, illustrating His sovereignty over nations and individuals.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations_and_kingdoms.htm">Nations and Kingdoms</a></b><br>Represents any political or social entity that God addresses through His prophetic messages.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who has authority over all nations and kingdoms, able to build up or tear down according to His will.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The immediate audience of Jeremiah's prophecies, often warned of impending judgment due to their disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God has ultimate authority over nations and their destinies. His plans are not arbitrary but are based on His righteous judgment and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/conditional_prophecies.htm">Conditional Prophecies</a></b><br>Many of God's warnings are conditional, offering a chance for repentance and change. This underscores the importance of responding to God's call with humility and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_mercy.htm">Repentance and Mercy</a></b><br>God's willingness to relent from judgment when a nation repents highlights His mercy and desire for restoration rather than destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a></b><br>Just as God deals with nations, He also deals with individuals. We should examine our own lives for areas where we need to repent and align with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/active_faith.htm">Active Faith</a></b><br>Believers are called to actively seek God's guidance and align their actions with His purposes, trusting in His sovereign plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_'reconsider'_if_unchanging.htm">If God is unchanging, how can He “reconsider” His plans for nations as suggested in Jeremiah 18:7–10?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._18_align_with_predestined_judgment.htm">How does Jeremiah 18 align with other passages that depict God’s judgment as predetermined, creating a seeming contradiction about free will?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_that_god_is_patient.htm">What does it mean that God is patient?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_all_for_some's_guilt_in_jeremiah_18.htm">Why would a just God hold the entire “clay” (nation) responsible when individuals have varying degrees of guilt, per Jeremiah 18?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7-10) <span class= "bld">At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation . . .</span>--The words carry the thoughts of the prophet back to those which had been stamped indelibly on his memory when he was first called to his work (<a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm" title="See, I have this day set you 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.">Jeremiah 1:10</a>). He is now taught that that work was throughout conditional. In bold anthropomorphic speech Jehovah represents himself as changing His purpose, even suddenly, "in an instant," if the nation that is affected by it passes from evil to good or from good to evil. The seeming change is but the expression of an unchanged eternal Law of Righteousness, dealing with men according to their works. This, and not the assertion of an arbitrary, irresistibly predestinating will, was the lesson the prophet had been taught by the parable of the potter's wheel.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 7, 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">At what instant</span>, etc.; rather, <span class="accented">One instant I may speak... but if that nation</span>, <span class="accented">against which</span> 1 <span class="accented">have spoken</span>, <span class="accented">turn from their evil</span>, <span class="accented">I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them</span>. A similar rendering for the next verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">At any time</span><br /><span class="heb">רֶ֣גַע</span> <span class="translit">(re·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7281.htm">Strong's 7281: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wink, a very short space of time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I might announce</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדַבֵּ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a nation</span><br /><span class="heb">גּ֖וֹי</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or kingdom</span><br /><span class="heb">מַמְלָכָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(mam·lā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4467.htm">Strong's 4467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be uprooted,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִנְת֥וֹשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(lin·ṯō·wōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5428.htm">Strong's 5428: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull or pluck up, root out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">torn down,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִנְת֖וֹץ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lin·ṯō·wṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5422.htm">Strong's 5422: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull down, break down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and destroyed.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ha·’ă·ḇîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Jeremiah 18:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>