Jeremiah 18:7

God's Word

“At one time I may threaten to tear up, break down, and destroy a nation or a kingdom.

Cross References

Genesis 6:6

The Lord was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken.

Jeremiah 1:10

Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will uproot and tear down. You will destroy and overthrow. You will build and plant.”

Jeremiah 26:3

Maybe they’ll listen, and they’ll turn from their evil ways. Then I’ll change my plan about the disaster I intend to bring on them because of the evil they have done.”

Jeremiah 31:28

Once I watched over them to uproot them, to tear them down, and to wreck, ruin, and hurt them. Now I will watch over them to build them up and to plant them,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:10

Suppose you stay in this land. Then I will build you up and not tear you down. I will plant you and not uproot you. I will change my plans about the disaster I’ve brought on you.

Jeremiah 45:4

“Say this to Baruch, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will tear down what I have built. I will uproot what I have planted throughout the earth.

Ezekiel 33:14

I may warn the wicked person that he will certainly die. But suppose he turns from his sin and does what is fair and right.

Daniel 11:4

But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken into pieces and divided in the directions of the four winds of heaven. The empire will not be given to his descendants. It will no longer be like his empire, since it will be uprooted and given to others.

Amos 9:8

I, the Almighty Lord, have my eyes on this sinful kingdom. I will wipe it off the face of the earth. But I won’t totally destroy the descendants of Jacob, declares the Lord.

Jonah 3:10

God saw what they did. He saw that they turned from their wicked ways. So God reconsidered his threat to destroy them, and he didn’t do it.

Jonah 3:4

Jonah entered the city and walked for about a day. Then he said, “In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed.”