Jeremiah 42:10

New American Bible - revised edition

If indeed you will remain in this land, I will build you up, and not tear you down; I will plant you, not uproot you; for I repent of the evil I have done you.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

But when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord changed his mind about the calamity, and said to the angel causing the destruction among the people: Enough now! Stay your hand. The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Psalm 102:16

The nations shall fear your name, Lord, all the kings of the earth, your glory,

Psalm 106:45

For their sake he remembered his covenant and relented in his abundant mercy,

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good that you may dwell in the land and live secure.

Psalm 69:35

Let the heaven and the earth praise him, the seas and whatever moves in them!”

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord changed his mind about the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

Jeremiah 24:6

I will look after them for good and bring them back to this land, to build them up, not tear them down; to plant them, not uproot them.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah, king of Judah, and all Judah condemn him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, so that the Lord had a change of heart regarding the evil he had spoken against them? We, however, are about to do great evil against ourselves.” The Fate of Uriah.

Jeremiah 27:11

The people that bends the neck to the yoke of the king of Babylon to serve him, I will leave in peace on its own land—oracle of the Lord—to cultivate it and dwell on it.

Jeremiah 31:28

As I once watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, to destroy, and to harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:7

I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel, and rebuild them as they were in the beginning.

Jeremiah 43:4

So Johanan, son of Kareah, and the rest of the leaders and the people did not listen to the voice of the Lord to stay in the land of Judah.

Ezekiel 36:36

Then the surrounding nations that remain shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt what was destroyed and replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken: I will do it.

Hosea 11:8

How could I give you up, Ephraim, or deliver you up, Israel? How could I treat you as Admah, or make you like Zeboiim? My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred.

Joel 2:13

Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God, For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting in punishment.

Amos 7:3

The Lord relented concerning this. “This shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Amos 7:6

The Lord relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.

Jonah 3:4

Jonah began his journey through the city, and when he had gone only a single day’s walk announcing, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown,”

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord, “O Lord, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I fled at first toward Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in kindness, repenting of punishment.

Acts 15:16

‘After this I shall return and rebuild the fallen hut of David; from its ruins I shall rebuild it and raise it up again,

Deuteronomy 32:36

Surely, the Lord will do justice for his people; on his servants he will have pity. When he sees their strength is gone, and neither bond nor free is left,

Judges 2:18

When the Lord raised up judges for them, he would be with the judge and save them from the power of their enemies as long as the judge lived. The Lord would change his mind when they groaned in their affliction under their oppressors.