Jeremiah 12:17 in the King James Version
But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
Context
16 It will happen, if they will diligently 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, then they will be built up in the middle of my people.
17 But if they will not hear, then I will pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it,” says the LORD.