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Jeremiah 31:28
28In past time, I chose to pull them out of their land, like a plant with its roots. I knocked them down and I destroyed them. But now I will put them in their land again, like strong plants.’ That is what the Lord says.
Jeremiah 31:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 31:28
26Then they will say, “When I woke from my sleep and I looked around, I was happy.” ’ 27The Lord says this: ‘The time will come when I fill the lands of Israel and Judah with people and animals. In past time, I chose to pull them out of their land, like a plant with its roots. I knocked them down and I destroyed them. But now I will put them in their land again, like strong plants.’ That is what the Lord says. 29‘When that happens, people will not say, “The fathers have eaten bitter fruit, but it causes their children's teeth to hurt.” 30Instead, I will punish everyone for their own sins. It will be the teeth of the person who eats bitter fruit that will hurt.’
Read all of Jeremiah 31Jeremiah 31:28 word by word
וְהָיָ֞ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁקַ֣דְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לִנְת֧וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֛וֹץ וְלַהֲרֹ֖ס וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד וּלְהָרֵ֑עַ כֵּ֣ן אֶשְׁקֹ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לִבְנ֥וֹת וְלִנְט֖וֹעַ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- like as I have watched overשָׁקַדshâqad · to watchH8245
- them, to pluck upנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
- and to break downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
- and to throw downהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
- and to destroyאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
- and to afflictרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
- them, to buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- and to plantנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:28
- Jeremiah 44:27Listen to me! I will choose to hurt you and not to help you. War or famine will kill all the people of Judah who are living in Egypt. None of them will remain alive.
- Daniel 9:14So you were ready to punish us with this trouble. You are always right in everything that you do. You are right to punish us because we have not obeyed you.
- Jeremiah 1:10Look! I give you authority to tell nations and kingdoms what will happen to them. You will pull some of them out of the ground, like a plant and its roots. You will knock down and destroy some of them. You will bring an end to their power. But you will build up other nations and make them strong.’
- Jeremiah 18:7Sometimes I may warn a nation or a kingdom that I will knock it down and destroy it.
- Jeremiah 45:4But the Lord says this to you, Baruch: “I will soon knock down the things that I have built. I will pull out of the ground the things that I have planted. I will do that everywhere in the land.
- Jeremiah 24:6I will watch them carefully and I will take care of them. I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and make them strong. I will not knock them down. I will help them to grow in the land, like plants with good roots. I will not pull them up.
- Jeremiah 32:41I will be happy to help them with good things. I promise them faithfully that I will put them in this land again. They will grow like strong plants.’
- Psalms 69:35For God will rescue Zion's people. He will build again Judah's cities. Then his people will live there. The land will belong to them again.
- Psalms 102:16That will happen when the Lord builds Zion again and he appears there in his glory.
- Psalms 147:2The Lord is building Jerusalem again. He is bringing home the Israelite exiles.
- Ecclesiastes 3:2There is a time to be born, and there is a time to die. There is a time to plant seeds. There is a time to pull the plants out of the ground.
- Daniel 9:25I want you, Daniel, to understand this properly. There will be a command to build Jerusalem again. Then 7 weeks will pass, and 62 weeks will also pass. After that, a ruler that God has chosen will arrive. People will build the city of Jerusalem again. It will have streets and a strong wall around it. But there will be a lot of trouble at that time.
- Amos 9:11The Lord says, ‘When that time comes, I will make David's kingdom strong again. It has become like a broken hut, but I will repair it. I will cause it to become as good and strong as it was when king David ruled.
- Acts 15:16The Lord God said, “Later I will return. At that time I will make David's kingdom strong again. It has become like a house that has fallen down, but I will build it again so that it is strong.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:28
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-34Verses 27-34 The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have themselves committed, and that God‘s covenant depends not upon external sanctions, but upon a renewed heart. Jeremiah 31:27 So rapid shall be the increase that it shall seem as if children and young cattle sprang up out of the ground. Jeremiah 31:29…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-34Verses 27-34 The people of God shall become numerous and prosperous. In Heb. 8:8,9, this place is quoted as the sum of the covenant of grace made with believers in Jesus Christ. Not, I will give them a new law; for Christ came not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it; but the law shall be written in their hearts by the finger of the Spirit, as formerly written in the tables of stone. The Lord will, by his grace, make his people willing people in the day…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28The future involves the return of the exiled people to the Promised Land. The Lord had promised to plant and build them there (see Jeremiah 1:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. (Jr 44:27). The same God who, as it were (in human language), was on the watch for all means to destroy, shall be as much on the watch for the means of their restoration.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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