Verse 7

At any moment I might speak concerning a nation or a kingdom, to uproot it, tear it down, or destroy it.

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  • Jer 1:10 : 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.
  • Jer 12:14-17 : 14 This is what the LORD says: 'As for all my evil neighbors who harm the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.' 15 'But after I have uprooted them, I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them back, each to their own inheritance and each to their own land.' 16 'And if they diligently learn the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, "As surely as the LORD lives," just as they once taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be established among my people.' 17 'But if they do not obey, I will completely uproot and destroy that nation,' declares the LORD.
  • Jer 25:9-9 : 9 I am about to send for all the clans of the north,' declares the LORD, 'and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, its inhabitants, and all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them, making them an object of horror, scorn, and perpetual ruins. 10 I will banish from them the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 This entire land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. 12 'But when the seventy years are completed,' declares the LORD, 'I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it desolate forever.' 13 I will bring upon that land everything I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings will make them serve, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.
  • Jer 45:4 : 4 The LORD said, 'This is what you are to say to him: Behold, what I have built I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—the entire land.'
  • Amos 9:8 : 8 'Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet, I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,' declares the Lord.
  • Jonah 3:4 : 4 Jonah began to go into the city, walking a journey of one day, and he proclaimed, saying, “In forty days Nineveh will be overturned!”