Jeremiah 31:28
It will happen 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 I will watch over them to build and to plant,” says the LORD.
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Psalms 69:35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
Psalms 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Ecclesiastes 3:3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Jeremiah 18:7At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
Jeremiah 42:10‘If you will still live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.
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 →