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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Jeremiah 12:17

But if they will not hearken, Then will I Uproot that nation, Uproot, that I may destroy, - Declareth Yahweh.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Contingencies;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Disobedience;   Obedience-Disobedience;   The Topic Concordance - Destruction;   Disobedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Disobedience to God;   Sins, National;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wealth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
However, if they will not obey, then I will uproot and destroy that nation.”
Hebrew Names Version
But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says the LORD.
King James Version
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord .
English Standard Version
But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord ."
New American Standard Bible
"But if they do not listen, then I will drive out that nation, drive it out and destroy it," declares the LORD.
New Century Version
But if a nation will not listen to my message, I will pull it up completely and destroy it," says the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"But if [any nation] will not listen and obey, I will [completely] uproot and destroy that nation, says the LORD."
World English Bible
But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if they will not obey, then will I vtterly plucke vp, and destroy that nation, sayeth the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and make it perish," declares Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it," declares the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
However, if they don't listen to me, I will uproot them from their lands and completely destroy them. I, the Lord , have spoken.
Complete Jewish Bible
But if they refuse to listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," says Adonai .
Darby Translation
And if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if a nation does not listen to my message, I will completely destroy it. I will pull it up like a dead plant." This message is from the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
But if they will not obey, then I will utterly pluck up and destroy this people, says the LORD.
Good News Translation
But if any nation will not obey, then I will completely uproot it and destroy it. I, the Lord , have spoken."
Lexham English Bible
But if they do not listen, then I will completely uproot and destroy that nation." declares Yahweh.
Literal Translation
But if they will not obey, then I will tear and destroy that nation, says Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf they wil not obeye, the will I rote out the same folke, and destroye them, saieth the LORDE,
American Standard Version
But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if they will not hearken, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
But if they will not obey, I will vtterly plucke vp, and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But yf they wyll not obey, then wyll I roote out the same folke, and destroy them, saith the Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But if they will not return, then will I cut off that nation with utter ruin and destruction.
English Revised Version
But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if thei heren not, Y schal drawe out that folk by drawyng out and perdicioun, seith the Lord.
Update Bible Version
But if they will not hear, then I will pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
New English Translation
But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,'" says the Lord .
New King James Version
But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation," says the LORD.
New Living Translation
But any nation who refuses to obey me will be uprooted and destroyed. I, the Lord , have spoken!"
New Life Bible
But if they will not listen, then I will pull that nation up by the roots and destroy it," says the Lord.
New Revised Standard
But if any nation will not listen, then I will completely uproot it and destroy it, says the Lord .
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, says the LORD."
Young's Literal Translation
And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.

Contextual Overview

14 Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning all my wicked neighbours, who have been touching the inheritance which I gave as an inheritance unto my people Israel, - Behold me! uprooting them from off their own soil, Whereas the house of Judah, will I uproot out of their midst. 15 And it shall come to pass after I bare uprooted them, I will again have compassion upon them, - and will bring them back - Every man - to his own inheritance and Every man - to his own land. 16 And it shall come to pass - If they will, diligently learn, the ways of my people - To swear by my Name saying, By the life of Yahweh, As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built in the midst of my people. 17 But if they will not hearken, Then will I Uproot that nation, Uproot, that I may destroy, - Declareth Yahweh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Psalms 2:8-12, Isaiah 60:12, Zechariah 14:16-19, Luke 19:27, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 1 Peter 2:6-8

pluck: Jeremiah 12:14-17, Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 31:28, Ezekiel 19:12, Daniel 7:4-8, Daniel 11:4

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 7:20 - I pluck

Cross-References

Genesis 12:14
And so it was when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that fair, was she exceedingly.
Genesis 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh beheld her, and praised her unto Pharaoh, - so the woman was taken to the house of Pharaoh;
Genesis 20:18
For Yahweh, had restrained from bearing, every female a of the house of Abimelech, - because of Sarah, wife of Abraham.
1 Chronicles 16:21
He suffered no man to oppress them, And reproved - for their sakes - kings!
1 Chronicles 21:22
And David said unto Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar, unto Yahweh, - for silver in full, shalt thou grant it me, that the plague may be stayed from off the people.
Job 34:19
For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undefiled, for, fornicators and adulterers, God, will judge.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if they will not obey,.... Or "hear" k; the word of the Lord, and hearken to the ministers of the Gospel, and be subject to the ordinances of it; or as the Targum,

"will not receive instruction:''

I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord: root it up from being a nation, strip it of all its privileges and enjoyments, and destroy it with an everlasting destruction; see

Zechariah 14:16.

k ישמעו "audierint", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "audient", Cocceius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 12:17. I will - destroy that nation — Several of them did not obey, and are destroyed. Of the Moabites, Ammonites, and Chaldeans, not one vestige remains. The sixteenth verse is supposed to be a promise of the conversion of the Gentiles. See Ephesians 2:13-22.

From the thirteenth verse to the end is a different discourse, and Dahler supposes it to have been delivered in the seventh or eighth year of the reign of Jehoiakim.


 
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