Jeremiah 45:4
This is what Jeremiah was told to say to Baruch: This is what the Lord says: Across the whole country I'm going to tear down what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
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Psalms 80:8You carried us out of Egypt like a vine. You drove out the heathen nations, and then you planted the vine.
Isaiah 5:2He dug it over, cleared the ground of stones, and planted it with the very best vines. In the middle of it he built a watchtower, and he also cut out a winepress from the rock. Then he waited for a good harvest of grapes, but it only produced wild, sour grapes.
Jeremiah 1:10Today I've placed you over nations and kingdoms to pull up and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.”
Jeremiah 18:7At one time it could happen that I announce that a nation or a kingdom is going to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
Lamentations 2:6He has torn down his Temple as if was a garden shed; he has destroyed his meeting place. The Lord has made Zion forget about her religious festivals and Sabbaths. In his fury he has disowned both king and priest.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 45:2-5
Jeremiah's Address to Baruch. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I… Read the whole commentary →