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One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy it.[a] But if that nation turns back from its evil that I have threatened against it, then I will relent concerning the disaster that I planned to do to it. And the next moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant it.[b]

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  1. Jeremiah 18:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Jeremiah 18:9 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,(A) torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(B) and not inflict on it the disaster(C) I had planned. And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built(D) up and planted,

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