The Meaning of Jeremiah 6:5 Explained

Jeremiah 6:5

KJV: Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

YLT: 'Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'

Darby: Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

ASV: Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Arise,  and let us go  by night,  and let us destroy  her palaces. 

What does Jeremiah 6:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 6

1  The enemies sent against Judah,
4  encourage themselves
6  God sets them on work because of their sins
9  The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins
18  He proclaims God's wrath
26  He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 6:5 mean?

Arise and let us go by night and let us destroy her palaces -
ק֚וּמוּ וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה בַלָּ֔יְלָה וְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָה אַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָ ס

ק֚וּמוּ  Arise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה  and  let  us  go 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
בַלָּ֔יְלָה  by  night 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: לַיִל 
Sense: night.
וְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָה  and  let  us  destroy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: שָׁחַת  
Sense: to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay.
אַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָ  her  palaces 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אַרְמֹון  
Sense: citadel, palace, fortress.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation