The Meaning of Jeremiah 18:9 Explained

Jeremiah 18:9

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

YLT: And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

Darby: And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant,

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 18:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 18

1  Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations
11  Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt
18  Jeremiah prays against his conspirators

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 18:9 mean?

And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom to build and to plant [it]
וְרֶ֣גַע אֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־ גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־ מַמְלָכָ֑ה לִבְנֹ֖ת וְלִנְטֹֽעַ

וְרֶ֣גַע  And  the  instant 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶגַע  
Sense: a moment adv.
אֲדַבֵּ֔ר  I  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
עַל־  concerning 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
גּ֖וֹי  a  nation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
וְעַל־  and  concerning 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מַמְלָכָ֑ה  a  kingdom 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַמְלָכָה  
Sense: kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty.
לִבְנֹ֖ת  to  build 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
וְלִנְטֹֽעַ  and  to  plant  [it] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: נָטַע  
Sense: to plant, fasten, fix, establish.