Jeremiah 42:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־שׁ֤וֹב תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וּבָנִ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א אֶהֱרֹ֔ס וְנָטַעְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְלֹ֣א אֶתּ֑וֹשׁ כִּ֤י נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙ אֶל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

If-šôḇ you-tēšəḇû in-the-ʾāreṣ the-zōʾṯ, then-I-ûḇānîṯî [direct object marker]-you and not I-ʾehĕrōs, and I-nəṭaʿtî [direct object marker]-you and not I-ʾettôš, for I-niḥamtî concerning-the-rāʿāh which I-ʿāśîṯî to-you.

Grammar Details

*šôḇ*: Qal infinitive absolute - returning/definitely
*tēšəḇû*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you will return/remain
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land
*zōʾṯ*: feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
*ûḇānîṯî*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will build
*ʾehĕrōs*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will tear down
*nəṭaʿtî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I will plant
*ʾettôš*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will uproot
*niḥamtî*: Niphal perfect 1st person singular - I am sorry/have regretted
*rāʿāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the evil/disaster
*ʿāśîṯî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I did/made

Word Meanings

*šôḇ*: definitely/surely/indeed [emphatic]
*tēšəḇû*: you will remain/stay/dwell/return
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory/ground
*ûḇānîṯî*: I will build/establish/construct
*ʾehĕrōs*: I will tear down/destroy/demolish
*nəṭaʿtî*: I will plant/establish
*ʾettôš*: I will uproot/pluck up/tear out
*niḥamtî*: I am sorry for/regret/have changed my mind concerning
*rāʿāh*: evil/disaster/calamity/misfortune

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Referenced Verses

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 31:28 : 28 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.
Ezek 36:36 : 36 Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it.
Hos 11:8 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.
Joel 2:13 : 13 and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Amos 7:3 : 3 Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
Amos 7:6 : 6 Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Jonah 3:10 : 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Deut 32:36 : 36 For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that [their] power is gone, And there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
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 26:19 : 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
Gen 26:2-3 : 2 And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Exod 32:14 : 14 And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
Judg 2:18 : 18 And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
2 Sam 24:16 : 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
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 102:16 : 16 For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
Ps 106:45 : 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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; 10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
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:

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