Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 1:10
Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."
Jeremiah 12:14-17
14
The LORD says, "I have something to say about Israel's neighbors who have ruined the land I gave to my people Israel. I will take those wicked people away from their countries like an uprooted plant, and I will rescue Judah from them.
15
But after I have taken them away, I will have mercy on them; I will bring each nation back to its own land and to its own country.
16
If with all their hearts they will accept the religion of my people and will swear, 'As the LORD lives'---as they once taught my people to swear by Baal---then they will also be a part of my people and will prosper.
17
But if any nation will not obey, then I will completely uproot it and destroy it. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 25:9-14
9
'I am going to send for all the peoples from the north and for my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. I am going to bring them to fight against Judah and its inhabitants and against all the neighboring nations. I am going to destroy this nation and its neighbors and leave them in ruins forever, a terrible and shocking sight. I, the LORD, have spoken.
10
I will silence their shouts of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of wedding feasts. They will have no oil for their lamps, and there will be no more grain.
11
This whole land will be left in ruins and will be a shocking sight, and the neighboring nations will serve the king of Babylonia for seventy years.
12
After that I will punish Babylonia and its king for their sin. I will destroy that country and leave it in ruins forever.
13
I will punish Babylonia with all the disasters that I threatened to bring on the nations when I spoke through Jeremiah---all the disasters recorded in this book.
14
I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done, and many nations and great kings will make slaves of them.' "
Jeremiah 45:4
"But I, the LORD, am tearing down what I have built and pulling up what I have planted. I will do this to the entire earth.
Amos 9:8
I, the Sovereign LORD, am watching this sinful kingdom of Israel, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not destroy all the descendants of Jacob.
Jonah 3:4
Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, "In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!"