14 Thus says the Lord concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel , "Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them. 15 "And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back , each one to his inheritance and each one to his land . 16 "Then if they will really learn the ways of My people , to swear by My name , 'As the Lord lives ,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal , they will be built up in the midst of My people . 17 "But if they will not listen , then I will uproot that nation , uproot and destroy it," declares the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 12:14-17
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.