Jeremiah 1:10

New Living Translation

Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant.”

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

1 Kings 19:17

Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Jeremiah 1:5

“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 24:6

I will watch over and care for them, and I will bring them back here again. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them.

Jeremiah 25:13

I will bring upon them all the terrors I have promised in this book—all the penalties announced by Jeremiah against the nations.

Jeremiah 31:28

In the past I deliberately uprooted and tore down this nation. I overthrew it, destroyed it, and brought disaster upon it. But in the future I will just as deliberately plant it and build it up. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Jeremiah 31:40

And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the Lord. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”

Jeremiah 36:2

“Get a scroll, and write down all my messages against Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Begin with the first message back in the days of Josiah, and write down every message, right up to the present time.

Jeremiah 44:27

For I will watch over you to bring you disaster and not good. Everyone from Judah who is now living in Egypt will suffer war and famine until all of you are dead.

Jeremiah 45:4

“Baruch, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted.

Ezekiel 21:19

“Son of man, make a map and trace two routes on it for the sword of Babylon’s king to follow. Put a signpost on the road that comes out of Babylon where the road forks into two—

Ezekiel 23:36

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the other mighty nations. For I will send them down to the world below in company with those who descend to the pit.

Ezekiel 36:36

Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I say.

Ezekiel 43:3

This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground.

Hosea 6:5

I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces— to slaughter you with my words, with judgments as inescapable as light.

Amos 3:7

Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.

Amos 9:11

“In that day I will restore the fallen house of David. I will repair its damaged walls. From the ruins I will rebuild it and restore its former glory.

Zechariah 1:6

But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said, ‘We have received what we deserved from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He has done what he said he would do.’”