Jeremiah 31:28
And 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.
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Psalms 69:35\69:34\Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.
Psalms 147:2The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together.
Ecclesiastes 3:3A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
Jeremiah 18:7Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;
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.
Jeremiah 42:10If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:28-35
God's Covenant Renewed. ( b. c. 594.) 27 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 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 . 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are… Read the whole commentary →