Jeremiah 42:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 42:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 42:10 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 y..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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 (KJV)
Jeremiah 42:10 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 42:10
“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.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:10: land, build, pull
“Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:10: land, then, down
“For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. stretched...: or, plucked up”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:10: then, down, plant
“See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:10: build, pull, down
“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.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:10: build, down, plant
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