At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
Parallel translations
- KJV And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
- BSB And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
- NKJV And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
- NASB Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;
- NLT And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom,
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Quick answer
At any moment God may announce that a nation will be built up and planted. He holds the power to bless as well as to judge.
Overview
Just as God can decree ruin, he can decree flourishing, promising to build and plant a people. This balances the previous warning with the prospect of blessing. It underscores that the nation's future rests in God's hands yet remains responsive to its faithfulness or rebellion.
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Cross-references · 9
- Jer 31:28It shall happen 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,” says Yahweh.
- Amos 9:11–15In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
- Jer 1:10Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
- Jer 11:17For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have worked for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
- Jer 30:18Yahweh says: “Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places. The city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own place.
- Jer 31:4I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.
- Eccl 3:2a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- Jer 32:41Yes, 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 31:38“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
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