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It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.
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God's Watchful Hand
Commentators highlight the perfect symmetry in this verse. The same divine watchfulness and power that God used to discipline Israel through destruction ("pluck up," "break down") will now be applied with equal intensity to their restoration ("build," "plant"). This shows that Israel's suffering was not random, but a sovereign act from the same God who now promises to heal and restore them.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the awareness that their discipline has b…
19th Century
Anglican
Like as I have watched over them ...— Some twenty-three years had passed since the prophet’s call to his office, but the …
Baptist
Behold, the days come saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of bea…
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16th Century
Protestant
By these words the Prophet confirms what he had said. The Israelites and the Jews might have always made this objection: “Why should God promise to…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them In providence; loo…
The people of God shall become numerous and prosperous. In Hebrews 8:8-9, this passage is quoted as the sum of the covenant of grace made with beli…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet consoles both groups together.
First, the promise is given; second, the confirmation of the promise is given, at…
