Jeremiah 31:28
And like as I haue watched vpon them, to plucke vp and to roote out, and to throw downe, and to destroy, and to plague them, so wil I watch ouer them, to build and to plant them, saith ye Lord.
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Psalms 69:35For God will saue Zion, and builde the cities of Iudah, that men may dwell there and haue it in possession.
Psalms 147:2The Lord doth builde vp Ierusalem, and gather together the dispersed of Israel.
Ecclesiastes 3:3A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.
Jeremiah 18:7I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy it.
Jeremiah 32:41Yea, I wil delite in them to do them good, and I wil plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, and with all my soule.
Jeremiah 42:10If ye will dwell in this land, then I wil build you, and not destroy you, and I will plant you, and not roote you out: for I repent me of the euill that I haue done vnto 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 →