King James Version
Jeremiah 12:17 in the King James Version says “But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.”
Jeremiah 12:17 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“But if they will not obey”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“that nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“and destroy”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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