Jeremiah 12:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 12:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 12:17 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 12:17 — KJV
“But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.”
— Jeremiah 12:17 (KJV)
Jeremiah 12:17 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 12:17
“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.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:17: utterly, destroy, nation
“And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:17: obey, utterly, destroy
“For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:17: utterly, destroy, nation
“Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:17: utterly, destroy, saith
“And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 12:17: pluck, destroy, saith
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