A timeto killand a timeto heal;A timeto teardownand a timeto buildup.
"Whoever shedsman'sblood,By manhis bloodshall be shed,For in the imageof GodHe mademan.
Confirmingthe wordof His servantAnd performingthe purposeof His messengers.[It is I] who saysof Jerusalem,'She shall be inhabited!'And of the citiesof Judah,They shall be built.'And I will raiseup her ruins[again].
"Renderthe heartsof thispeopleinsensitive,Their earsdull,And their eyesdim,Otherwisethey might seewith their eyes,Hearwith their ears,Understandwith their hearts,And returnand be healed."
"See,I have appointedyou thisdayoverthe nationsand overthe kingdoms,To pluckup and to breakdown,To destroyand to overthrow,To buildand to plant."
"As I have watchedoverthem to pluckup, to breakdown,to overthrow,to destroyand to bringdisaster,soI will watchoverthem to buildand to plant,"declaresthe LORD.
Behold,I will bringto it healthand healing,and I will healthem; and I will revealto them an abundanceof peaceand truth.
"Thusyou are to sayto him, 'Thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,whatI have builtI am about to teardown,and whatI have plantedI am about to uproot,that is, the wholeland."
"So I will teardownthe wallwhichyou plasteredoverwith whitewashand bringit downto the ground,so that its foundationis laidbare;and when it falls,you will be consumedin its midst.And you will knowthat I am the LORD.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Thispeoplesays,"The timehas not come,[even] the timefor the houseof the LORDto be rebuilt."'"
"Is it timefor you yourselvesto dwellin your paneledhouseswhile thishouse[lies] desolate?"
Then the angelof the LORDsaid,"O LORDof hosts,howlongwill You havenocompassionfor Jerusalemand the citiesof Judah,with whichYou have beenindignanttheseseventyyears?"
Seenowthat I, I am He, And thereis nogodbesidesMe; It is I who putto deathand givelife.I have woundedand it is I who heal,And thereis noonewho can deliverfrom My hand.
"Ifone mansinsagainst another,Godwill mediatefor him; but ifa mansinsagainst the LORD,whocan intercedefor him?" But they would not listento the voiceof their father,for the LORDdesiredto putthem to death.
"The LORDkillsand makesalive;He bringsdownto Sheoland raisesup.
