Jeremiah 42:10
If 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.
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Exodus 32:14Then the Lord changed his minde from the euil, which he threatned to do vnto his people.
Judges 2:18And when the Lord had raysed them vp Iudges, the Lord was with the Iudge, and deliuered them out of the hande of their enemies all the dayes of the Iudge (for the Lord had compassion on their gronings, because of them that oppressed them and tormented them)
Psalms 37:3Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.
Psalms 102:16When the Lord shall build vp Zion, and shall appeare in his glory,
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 24:6For I wil set mine eyes vpon them for good, and I will bring them againe to this lande, and I will build them, and not destroy them, and I will plant them, and not roote them out,
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 42:8-22
Jeremiah's Address to the People. ( b. c. 588.) 7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah. 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant… Read the whole commentary →