Jeremiah 18:9

And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it];

And at what instant {H7281} I shall speak {H1696} concerning a nation {H1471}, and concerning a kingdom {H4467}, to build {H1129} and to plant {H5193} it;

Similarly, at another time, I may speak about building and planting a nation or kingdom;

And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 31:28 (5 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 1:10 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Amos 9:11 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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 his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

  • Amos 9:15 (4 votes)

    And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

  • Jeremiah 11:17 (4 votes)

    For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:2 (3 votes)

    A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;

  • Jeremiah 31:4 (2 votes)

    Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.