10 occurrences

'Uproot' in the Bible

“For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.

Verse ConceptsFalse Godsdispersion, theReedsRootsGod Scattering IsraelGod Beating PeopleGod ShakingBeyond The EuphratesServing Asherah

then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

“For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,And would uproot all my increase.

Verse ConceptsHarvestThe DestroyerAdultery

But God will break you down forever;He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Verse ConceptsMisersRootsPlucking OutGod KillingPsalm InterjectionsGod Killing Individuals

Thus says the Lord concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, “Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them.

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it,” declares the Lord.

Verse ConceptsListeningDisobedience, To GodPlucking OutRefusing To Hear

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

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will relent concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessStaying PutMetaphorical PlantingGod Changing His MindStaying Strong And Not Giving Upland

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.”

Verse ConceptsRootsGod DestroyingPlucking Out

Bible Theasaurus

Displace (1 instance)
Eradicate (4 instances)
Exterminate (23 instances)
Extirpate (1 instance)
Uproot (17 instances)

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