a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
Jeremiah 18:9 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At another time I will suddenly speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will build up and plant it; American Standard Version (1901) And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; Common English Bible At the same time, I may announce that I will build and plant a nation or kingdom; Catholic Public Domain Version And soon, I will speak about a nation and about a kingdom, so that I may build and plant it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it. |
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
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.”
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.
Thus says the Lord: I am going to restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob, and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt upon its mound, and the citadel set on its rightful site.
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.
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when the city shall be rebuilt for the Lord from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall take your tambourines, and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.