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Jeremiah 31:28

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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.

And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over {H8245} them, to pluck up {H5428}, and to break down {H5422}, and to throw down {H2040}, and to destroy {H6}, and to afflict {H7489}; so will I watch over {H8245} them, to build {H1129}, and to plant {H5193}, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}.

At that time, just as I used to watch over them with the intent to uproot, break down, overthrow, destroy and do harm; so then I will watch over them to build and plant," says ADONAI.

Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

And it shall come to pass 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, saith Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 24:6 (9 votes)

    For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up.

  • Jeremiah 1:10 (8 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.

  • Jeremiah 45:4 (5 votes)

    Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

  • Jeremiah 18:7 (5 votes)

    [At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];

  • Jeremiah 18:9 (5 votes)

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

  • Jeremiah 44:27 (5 votes)

    Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that [are] in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:2 (4 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;