Jeremiah 31:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֞ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁקַ֣דְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לִנְת֧וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֛וֹץ וְלַהֲרֹ֖ס וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד וּלְהָרֵ֑עַ כֵּ֣ן אֶשְׁקֹ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לִבְנ֥וֹת וְלִנְט֖וֹעַ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyāh kaʾăšer šāqaḏtî ʿălêhem lintôš wə-lintôṣ wə-lahărōs ûləhaʾăḇîḏ ûləhārēaʿ kēn ʾešqōḏ ʿălêhem liḇnôt wə-linṭôaʿ nəʾum-YHWH.

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyāh*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and it will be
*kaʾăšer*: conjunction - just as
*šāqaḏtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I watched over/was vigilant
*ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - over them
*lintôš*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to uproot/pluck up
*wə-lintôṣ*: conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to break down
*wə-lahărōs*: conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to destroy
*ûləhaʾăḇîḏ*: conjunction + preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - and to cause to perish
*ûləhārēaʿ*: conjunction + preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - and to bring evil/harm
*kēn*: adverb - so
*ʾešqōḏ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will watch over
*liḇnôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to build
*wə-linṭôaʿ*: conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to plant
*nəʾum-YHWH*: construct phrase - declaration of YHWH

Word Meanings

*šāqaḏtî*: watched over/was vigilant/was wakeful concerning
*lintôš*: to uproot/to pluck up/to pull out
*lintôṣ*: to break down/to tear down/to demolish
*lahărōs*: to destroy/to overthrow/to ruin
*ləhaʾăḇîḏ*: to cause to perish/to destroy/to make disappear
*ləhārēaʿ*: to bring evil/to harm/to afflict
*liḇnôt*: to build/to establish/to construct
*linṭôaʿ*: to plant/to establish

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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 24:6 : 6 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.
Jer 44:27 : 27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Jer 45:4 : 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
Dan 9:14 : 14 Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Dan 9:25 : 25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.
Amos 9:11 : 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
Acts 15:16 : 16 After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen; And I will build again the ruins thereof, And I will set it up:
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 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;
Ps 69:35 : 35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
Ps 147:2 : 2 Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Eccl 3:2-3 : 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ps 102:16 : 16 For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.

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