Jeremiah 18:9
And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;
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Jeremiah 1:10See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.
Jeremiah 30:18The Lord has said, See, I am changing the fate of the tents of Jacob, and I will have pity on his houses; the town will be put up on its hill, and the great houses will be living-places again.
Jeremiah 31:28And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 32:41And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 18:2-11
The Sovereign Prerogative of God; Divine Goodness and Equity. ( b. c. 600.) 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 6 O… Read the whole commentary →