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 harm and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will meet their end by the sword and by famine until they are completely gone.

Therefore the Lord has

kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

To pluck

“See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,

To pluck up and to break down,

To destroy and to overthrow,

To build and to plant.”

At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;

Thus you are to say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.”

So

For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overthrow them, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.

I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.

For the Lord has built up Zion;
He has appeared in His glory.

The Lord

builds up Jerusalem;

He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a

decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until

Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

“In that day I will raise up the fallen

booth of David,

And wall up its breaches;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the days of old;

‘After these things

I will return,

And I will rebuild the

tabernacle of David which has fallen,

And I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will restore it,

General references

Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it?
Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all?