Jeremiah 24:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י עֵינִ֤י עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְטוֹבָ֔ה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֖ים עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את וּבְנִיתִים֙ וְלֹ֣א אֶהֱרֹ֔ס וּנְטַעְתִּ֖ים וְלֹ֥א אֶתּֽוֹשׁ׃

Transliteration

wə-śamtî ʿênî upon-them for-ṭôḇāh wahăšiḇōtîm upon-hāʾāreṣ hazzōʾt ûḇənîtîm and-not ʾehĕrōs ûnəṭaʿtîm and-not ʾettôš.

Grammar Details

• *wə-śamtî*: Qal perfect with waw conjunction, 1st singular - and I will set
• *ʿênî*: feminine dual construct with 1st singular suffix - my eyes
• *ṭôḇāh*: feminine singular - good/welfare
• *wahăšiḇōtîm*: Hiphil perfect with waw consecutive, 1st singular with 3rd plural suffix - and I will bring them back
• *hāʾāreṣ*: feminine singular with definite article - the land
• *hazzōʾt*: demonstrative adjective, feminine singular - this
• *ûḇənîtîm*: Qal perfect with waw conjunction, 1st singular with 3rd plural suffix - and I will build them
• *ʾehĕrōs*: Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will tear down
• *ûnəṭaʿtîm*: Qal perfect with waw conjunction, 1st singular with 3rd plural suffix - and I will plant them
• *ʾettôš*: Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will uproot

Word Meanings

• *śamtî* *ʿênî*: set my eye/look with favor
• *ṭôḇāh*: good/benefit/favor
• *ʾehĕrōs*: tear down/overthrow/demolish
• *ʾettôš*: uproot/pluck up/pull out

Referenced Verses

• Jer 42:10 : 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
• Jer 29:10 : 10 For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
• Jer 33:7 : 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
• Jer 32:41 : 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
• Jer 12:15 : 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
• Jer 1:10 : 10 see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
• Jer 32:37 : 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
• Ezek 36:24 : 24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
• 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
• Jer 21:10 : 10 For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
• Jer 23:3 : 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
• Deut 11:12 : 12 a land which Jehovah thy God careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
• 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
• Neh 5:19 : 19 Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
• Job 33:27-28 : 27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not: 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
• Ps 34:15 : 15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry.
• Jer 18:7-9 : 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; 8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
• Ezek 11:15-17 : 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, [are they] unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Jehovah; unto us is this land given for a possession. 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come. 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.