Jeremiah 12:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

Young's Literal Translation
And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!’

King James Bible
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

Hebrew
But if
וְאִ֖ם (wə·’im)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

obey,
יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ (yiš·mā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

then I will uproot
וְנָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜י (wə·nā·ṯaš·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5428: To pull or pluck up, root out

that
הַה֛וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

nation;
הַגּ֥וֹי (hag·gō·w)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

I will uproot it
נָת֥וֹשׁ (nā·ṯō·wōš)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5428: To pull or pluck up, root out

and destroy it,”
וְאַבֵּ֖ד (wə·’ab·bêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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