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Jeremiah 1:10

See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

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ASV

see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

KJV

See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רְאֵ֞הre.'EhseeH7200 →
הִפְקַדְתִּ֣יךָ׀hif.kad.Ti.chaI appoint youH6485 →
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
הַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and overH5921 →
הַמַּמְלָכ֔וֹתha.mam.la.Khot<the> kingdomsH4467 →
לִנְת֥וֹשׁlin.To.oshto pluck upH5428 →
וְלִנְת֖וֹץve.lin.Totzand to pull downH5422 →
וּלְהַאֲבִ֣ידu.le.ha.'a.Vidand to destroyH6 →
וְלַהֲר֑וֹסve.la.ha.Rosand to tear downH2040 →
לִבְנ֖וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129 →
וְלִנְטֽוֹעַ׃ פve.lin.To.a'and to plantH5193 →

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2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.2 Corinthians 10:4–5The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.Isaiah 44:26–28who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’Jeremiah 31:4–5Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”Jeremiah 24:6I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.Ezekiel 36:36Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.Revelation 11:3–6And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:Jeremiah 27:2–7This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.Revelation 19:19–21Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.Jeremiah 18:7–10At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.Jeremiah 25:15–27This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.Ezekiel 43:3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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