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Jeremiah 18:7-10

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

7. [At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it]; 8. If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 9. And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it]; 10. If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Jeremiah 18:7-10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 18:7

Theological / Devotional

To pluck up. In words that must have reminded Jeremiah of his call to prophetic ministry (Jer. 1:10), God affirmed that the destiny of all nations is in His hands (see Ps. 103:19; Dan. 2:20, 21 ; 4:25).

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