Verse 28

Jeremiah 31:28

New King James Version

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28 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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הָיָ֞ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁקַ֣דְתִּי עֲלֵי/הֶ֗ם לִ/נְת֧וֹשׁ וְ/לִ/נְת֛וֹץ וְ/לַ/הֲרֹ֖ס וּ/לְ/הַאֲבִ֣יד וּ/לְ/הָרֵ֑עַ כֵּ֣ן אֶשְׁקֹ֧ד עֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם לִ/בְנ֥וֹת וְ/לִ/נְט֖וֹעַ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

English Translation

And it will be as I was watching over them to uproot and to tear down and to destroy and to exterminate and to bring disaster; so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord.

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Chapter 31 Context

1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God (Elohim) of all the families of Israel, and they... Focus ↗

2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Isr... Focus ↗

3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: ther... Focus ↗

4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned wi... Focus ↗

5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat th... Focus ↗

6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us g... Focus ↗

7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: pub... Focus ↗

8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and... Focus ↗

9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by... Focus ↗

10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scat... Focus ↗

11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. Focus ↗

12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of... Focus ↗

13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their m... Focus ↗

14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my go... Focus ↗

15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for... Focus ↗

16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall b... Focus ↗

17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own bord... Focus ↗

18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as... Focus ↗

19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh:... Focus ↗

20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly rememb... Focus ↗

21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which t... Focus ↗

22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in t... Focus ↗

23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the l... Focus ↗

24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they... Focus ↗

25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Focus ↗

26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. Focus ↗

27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah wi... Focus ↗

28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, an...

29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth... Focus ↗

30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall... Focus ↗

31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and... Focus ↗

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand... Focus ↗

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith th... Focus ↗

34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LO... Focus ↗

35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of... Focus ↗

36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease... Focus ↗

37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out... Focus ↗

38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Ha... Focus ↗

39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass abo... Focus ↗

40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidr... Focus ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 31 (40 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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