Jeremiah 12:17
Good News Translation
But if any nation will not obey, then I will completely uproot it and destroy it. I, the LORD, have spoken."

New Revised Standard Version
But if any nation will not listen, then I will completely uproot it and destroy it, says 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.

New American Bible
But if they do not obey, I will uproot and destroy that nation entirely—oracle of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.

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Psalm 2:8-12 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. . . .

Isaiah 60:12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.

Zechariah 14:16-19 And all they that shall be left of all nations that came against Jerusalem, shall go up from year to year, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. . . .

Luke 19:27 But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither and kill them before me.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:6-8 Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him shall not be confounded. . . .

pluck.

Jeremiah 12:14-17 Thus saith the Lord against all wicked neighbours, that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to my people Israel: Behold I will pluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the midst of them. . . .

Jeremiah 18:7 I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.

Jeremiah 31:28 And as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to throw down, and to scatter, and destroy, and afflict: so will I watch over them, to build up, and to plant them, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 19:12 But she was plucked up in wrath, and cast on the ground, and the burning wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods are withered, and dried up: the fire hath devoured her.

Daniel 7:4-8 The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her. . . .

Daniel 11:4 And when he shall come to his height, his kingdom shall be broken, and it shall be divided towards the four winds of the heaven: but not to his posterity, nor according to his power with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be rent in pieces, even for strangers, besides these.

Context
A Message for Israel's Neighbors
16And it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by Baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of my people. 17But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
Cross References
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Isaiah 60:12
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.

Daniel 11:4
And when he shall come to his height, his kingdom shall be broken, and it shall be divided towards the four winds of the heaven: but not to his posterity, nor according to his power with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be rent in pieces, even for strangers, besides these.

Zechariah 1:6
But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us.

Jeremiah 12:16
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