Jeremiah 45:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Thus you shall say to him, “Thus says the Lord: I am going to break down what I have built and pluck up what I have planted—that is, the whole land.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up;

Jeremiah 1:10

See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 11:17

The Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.

Jeremiah 31:28

And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord.

Lamentations 2:6

He has broken down his booth like a garden; he has destroyed his tabernacle; the Lord has abolished in Zion festival and Sabbath and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

Hosea 2:14

Therefore, I will now allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.

Deuteronomy 28:63

And just as the Lord took delight in making you prosperous and numerous, so the Lord will take delight in bringing you to ruin and destruction; you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to possess.