And there are times when I promise to build up and establish ¹  a nation or kingdom.

biblegateway Jer 18:9

"Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

At another time I announce that I will build and plant a nation or a kingdom.

"At another time I may promise to build and plant a nation or a kingdom.

biblegateway Jer 18:9

And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,

And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

bibleoremus Jer 18:9

And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

At another moment I may announce that I shall build or plant a nation or a kingdom.

biblegateway Jer 18:9

"And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it ,

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

biblegateway Jer 18:9

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish ¹  a nation or kingdom.

¹ sn Heb “plant.” The terms “uproot,” “tear down,” “destroy,” “build,” and “plant” are the two sides of the ministry Jeremiah was called to (cf. Jer 1:10).