Jeremiah 45:4

Good News Translation

“But I, the Lord, am tearing down what I have built and pulling up what I have planted. I will do this to the entire earth.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:3

the time for killing and the time for healing, the time for tearing down and the time for building.

Jeremiah 1:10

Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 11:17

“I, the Lord Almighty, planted Israel and Judah; but now I threaten them with disaster. They have brought this on themselves because they have done wrong; they have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal.”

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bear fruit. They always speak well of you, yet they do not really care about you.

Jeremiah 31:28

And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up.

Lamentations 2:6

He smashed to pieces the Temple where we worshiped him; He has put an end to holy days and Sabbaths. King and priest alike have felt the force of his anger.

Hosea 2:14

So I am going to take her into the desert again; there I will win her back with words of love.

Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as the Lord took delight in making you prosper and in making you increase in number, so he will take delight in destroying you and in bringing ruin on you. You will be uprooted from the land that you are about to occupy.