Jeremiah 18:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;

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  • Jer 1:10 : 10 See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.
  • Jer 31:28 : 28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
  • Amos 9:11-15 : 11 In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past; 12 So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this. 13 See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine. 14 And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them. 15 And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.
  • Jer 11:17 : 17 For the Lord of armies, by whom you were planted, has given his decision for evil against you, because of the evil which the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done, In moving me to wrath by offering perfumes to the Baal.
  • Eccl 3:2 : 2 A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
  • Jer 31:38 : 38 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
  • Jer 30:18 : 18 The Lord has said, See, I am changing the fate of the tents of Jacob, and I will have pity on his houses; the town will be put up on its hill, and the great houses will be living-places again.
  • Jer 31:4 : 4 I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 18:7-8
    2 verses
    87%

    7 Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;

    8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.

  • Jer 18:10
    79%

    10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.

  • Jer 1:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:

    10 See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.

  • Jer 31:28
    76%

    28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.

  • Amos 9:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.

    15 And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.

  • Jer 42:9-10
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    76%

    9 And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

    10 If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.

  • 1 Chr 17:9
    75%

    9 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

  • Jer 45:4
    75%

    4 This is what you are to say to him: The Lord has said, Truly, the building which I put up will be broken down, and that which was planted by me will be uprooted, and this through all the land;

  • Jer 24:6
    74%

    6 For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.

  • Jer 12:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.

    17 But if they will not give ear, then I will have that nation uprooted, and given to destruction, says the Lord.

  • Jer 9:9
    72%

    9 Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

  • 2 Sam 7:10
    72%

    10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

  • Amos 9:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.

    9 For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.

  • Ezek 17:11
    71%

    11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Isa 51:16
    71%

    16 And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

  • Jer 32:41
    71%

    41 And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.

  • 2 Chr 7:20
    71%

    20 Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.

  • Ezek 36:9
    71%

    9 For truly I am for you, and I will be turned to you, and you will be ploughed and planted:

  • Ezek 36:36
    70%

    36 Then the rest of the nations round about you will be certain that I the Lord am the builder of the places which were pulled down and the planter of that which was waste: I the Lord have said it, and I will do it.

  • Jer 29:10
    70%

    10 For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.

  • Jer 25:13
    70%

    13 And I will make that land undergo everything I have said against it, even everything recorded in this book, which Jeremiah the prophet has said against all the nations.

  • Joel 3:1
    70%

    1 And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:

  • Amos 9:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;

    12 So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.

  • Amos 9:4
    69%

    4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

  • Hab 1:6
    69%

    6 For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

    9 Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

  • Ps 80:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.

    9 You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.

  • Jer 11:17
    69%

    17 For the Lord of armies, by whom you were planted, has given his decision for evil against you, because of the evil which the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done, In moving me to wrath by offering perfumes to the Baal.

  • Ezek 17:5
    69%

    5 And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

  • Jer 33:9
    69%

    9 And this town will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who, hearing of all the good which I am doing for them, will be shaking with fear because of all the good and the peace which I am doing for it.

  • Ezek 17:24
    69%

    24 And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.

  • Isa 8:11
    69%

    11 For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 19:25
    69%

    25 Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

  • Ezek 18:1
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    1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

  • Jer 33:15
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    15 In those days and at that time, I will let a Branch of righteousness come up for David; and he will be a judge in righteousness in the land.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7
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    7 Then I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    69%

    9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • Isa 44:26
    69%

    26 Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again:

  • Isa 29:17
    69%

    17 In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.

  • Ezek 21:18
    69%

    18 And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

  • Zech 8:15
    69%

    15 So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.