Ecclesiastes 3:2

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 3:2

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

Time to be born

And a time

A time to plant

Matthew 15:13

Bible References

Time to be born

But I will confirm My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

The Lord came to Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what He had promised.

Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.

The man of God cried out against the altar by a revelation from the Lord: “Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says, ‘A son will be born to the house of David, named Josiah, and he will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”

Elisha said, “At this time next year you will have a son in your arms.”

Then she said, “No, my lord. Man of God, do not deceive your servant.”

He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!

“Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”
says the Lord.

But the angel said to him:

Do not be afraid, Zechariah,
because your prayer has been heard.
Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,
and you will name him John.

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

“As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

And a time

When the time drew near for him to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.

“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because you both rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

“At that time I begged the Lord:

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said.

Isn’t mankind consigned to forced labor on earth?
Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

Since man’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on You,
and since You have set limits he cannot pass,

In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order,

for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

Then they tried to seize Him. Yet no one laid a hand on Him because His hour had not yet come.

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

A time to plant

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.

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

At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.

“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot—the whole land!

“‘An enemy did this!’ he told them.

“‘So, do you want us to go and gather them up?’ the slaves asked him.

He replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.