"If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull {you} down, and I will plant you, and not pluck…" — Jeremiah 42:10

Jeremiah 42:10 · KJV

“If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull {you} down, and I will plant you, and not pluck {you} up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.”

— Jeremiah 42:10

Verse 9

And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

Verse 11

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I {am} with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

Jeremiah 42 — Context

Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which {were} with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull {you} down, and I will plant you, and not pluck {you} up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I {am} with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:28

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.

Ezekiel 36:36

Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined {places, and} plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken {it}, and I will do {it}.

Jeremiah 24:6

For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull {them} down; and I will plant them, and not pluck {them} up.

Joel 2:13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he {is} gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Jeremiah 33:7

And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

Amos 7:6

The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, {was} not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou {art} a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Jeremiah 18:7-10

{At what} instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy {it};