Jeremiah 31:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

That like

Jeremiah 44:27

Daniel 9:14

To pluck

Jeremiah 1:10

Jeremiah 18:7

Jeremiah 45:4

So

General references

Amos 3:5

Bible References

That like

Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.

Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.

To pluck

See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."

If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,

Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up--that is, the whole land.

So

I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.

I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it;

For the LORDbuilds up Zion; he appears in his glory;

The LORDbuilds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.

"In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old,

"'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it,

General references

Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?