Jeremiah 12:17
And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- נָתַשׁnâthashto tear away
- אָבַדʼâbadproperly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- נְאֻםnᵉʼuman oracle
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 60:12, Psa 2:8–12, 1Pe 2:6–8, Zec 14:16–19, Jer 18:7, Ezk 19:12, Luk 19:27, Jer 12:14–17