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Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

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ASV

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

KJV

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִם־'im-<if>H518 →
שׁ֤וֹבShovcertainly [if] <to return>H7725 →
תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙te.she.Vuyou will remainH3427 →
בָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776 →
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
וּבָנִ֤יתִיu.va.Ni.tiand I will build upH1129 →
אֶתְכֶם֙'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
אֶהֱרֹ֔ס'e.he.RosI will tear [you] downH2040 →
וְנָטַעְתִּ֥יve.na.ta'.Tiand I will plantH5193 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
אֶתּ֑וֹשׁ'e.To.oshI will pluck [you] upH5428 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙ni.Cham.tiI am grievedH5162 →
אֶל־'el-concerningH413 →
הָ֣רָעָ֔הha.ra.'Ahthe harmH7451 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiI have doneH6213 →
לָכֶֽם׃la.Khemto <the> you

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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.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.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.Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.Jeremiah 33:7I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.Amos 7:6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!Genesis 26:2–3The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.Exodus 32:14So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.Jeremiah 18:7–10At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.Amos 7:3So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.Psalms 102:16For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.Psalms 69:35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

About Jeremiah

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