Jeremiah 18:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִנְת֥וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֖וֹץ וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃

Transliteration

Regaʿ I ʾădabbēr concerning-gôy and concerning-mamlākāh to lintôš and to lintôṣ and to lĕhaʾăbîd

Grammar Details

*Regaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - moment/instant
*ʾădabbēr*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I speak/declare
*gôy*: noun, masculine singular - nation/people
*mamlākāh*: noun, feminine singular - kingdom/dominion
*lintôš*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to uproot/pluck up
*lintôṣ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to tear down/demolish
*lĕhaʾăbîd*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy/cause to perish

Word Meanings

*Regaʿ*: moment/instant/suddenly
*ʾădabbēr*: I speak/declare/pronounce
*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*mamlākāh*: kingdom/realm/dominion
*lintôš*: to uproot/pluck up/tear out
*lintôṣ*: to break down/demolish/tear down
*lĕhaʾăbîd*: to destroy/exterminate/cause to perish

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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 root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Jer 12:14-17 : 14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
Jer 25:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
Jer 45:4 : 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
Amos 9:8 : 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Jonah 3:4 : 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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