King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 18:9
“And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it];”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 18
[At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];
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.
And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it];
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.
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
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