Jeremiah 1:10

Know for certain that ¹  I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be ²  uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.” ³ 

1Ki 17:1; 1Ki 19:17; Isa 44:26-28; Jer 18:7-9; Jer 18:9; Jer 24:6; Jer 25:15-27; Jer 27:2-7; Jer 31:4,5,28; Jer 46:1-51:64; Eze 32:18; Eze 36:36; Eze 43:3; Am 3:7; Am 9:11; Zec 1:6; 2Co 10:4,5; Re 11:3-6; Re 19:19-21

¹ tn Heb “See!” The Hebrew imperative of the verb used here (רָאָה, ra’ah) functions the same as the particle in v. 9. See the translator’s note there.

² tn Heb “I appoint you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot….” The phrase refers to the Lord giving Jeremiah authority as a prophet to declare what he, the Lord, will do; it does not mean that Jeremiah himself will do these things. The expression involves a figure of speech where the subject of a declaration is stated instead of the declaration about it. Compare a similar use of the same figure in Gen 41:13.

³ sn These three pairs represent the twofold nature of Jeremiah’s prophecies, prophecies of judgment and restoration. For the further programmatic use of these pairs for Jeremiah’s ministry see 18:7-10 and 31:27-28.