'Uproot' in the Bible
For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.
Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;
"I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning the wicked nations who surround my land and have attacked and plundered the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. I say: 'I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there.
But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,'" says the Lord.
There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.
I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them.
If you will just stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.
The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Baruch, 'The Lord says, "I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth.
I will uproot your images of Asherah from your midst, and destroy your idols.