17 But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, says the Lord."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 12:17

Commentary on Jeremiah 12:14-17

(Read Jeremiah 12:14-17)

The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward to the times when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. Those who would have their lot with God's people, and a last end like theirs, must learn their ways, and walk in them.