John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 18:7

"At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;" — Jeremiah 18:7 (ASV)

[At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and
concerning a kingdom
By way of threatening: or, "the moment I shall speak" ^F19 , &c; as soon as ever I have declared concerning any people whatever, Jews or Gentiles; that if they go on in their sins, and remain impenitent, and do not turn from them, that they must expect I will quickly come out against such a nation and kingdom in a providential way, as threatened: to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it] ; as the proprietor of a garden, when it does not turn to his account, plucks up the plants, and pulls down the fences, and lets it go to ruin.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F19: (rbda egr) "momento loquor", Schmidt; "momento eloquo", Junius & Tremellius; "momento ut loquutus fuero", Tigurine version.