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.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 1:10 commissions Jeremiah with the same verbs—to pluck up, break down, destroy, overthrow, build and plant—which 31:28 echoes as the pattern God follows.
Jeremiah 24:6 promises to build and plant without tearing down, matching the positive outcome in 31:28 after the period of judgment.
Jeremiah 44:27 describes God's watch for disaster, contrasting with 31:28's shift from judgment to restoration.
Jeremiah 45:4 reverses the 'build and plant' imagery—God tears down what He built—contrasting with 31:28's promise to now build and plant.
Jeremiah 12:17 threatens to 'pluck up' the disobedient—the very judgment Jeremiah 31:28 says God once carried out before turning to rebuild.
Jeremiah 18:9 speaks of God's power to 'build and plant' nations—the same phrase Jeremiah 31:28 uses for the restoration He now promises.
Jeremiah 32:42 mirrors the 'as I brought evil, so I will bring good' pattern—the same reversal formula found in Jeremiah 31:28.
Jeremiah 42:10 offers the exact same 'build and plant, not pull down and pluck up' promise—a conditional version of Jeremiah 31:28's unconditional one.
Jeremiah 18:7-9 similarly uses 'pluck up, break down, destroy' and 'build, plant' to describe God's conditional dealings with nations.
Jeremiah 33:7 promises to 'build' the captives again—part of the restoration theme Jeremiah 31:28 expands with both building and planting.
Ecclesiastes 3:2 directly uses the same 'plant' and 'pluck up' pair, showing this as a universal cycle mirrored in God's actions.
Ecclesiastes 3:3 uses 'break down' and 'build up' — the exact opposites from Jeremiah's judgment and restoration.
Zechariah 8:14 uses the same 'as I purposed disaster, so I purpose good' structure — echoing God's restored favor after judgment.
Deuteronomy 28:63 uses the same 'as...so' reversal — God rejoicing to destroy then to do good — a direct parallel to Jeremiah's structure.
In 2 Chronicles 7:20, the same 'pluck up' warning is issued—God's earlier threat that Jeremiah 31:28 now says He also watches to reverse.
Ezekiel 19:12 describes a vine being 'plucked up' in judgment—the same uprooting imagery that Jeremiah 31:28 includes as the former work of God.
Daniel 9:14 acknowledges God's righteous judgment in bringing calamity, echoing the 'pluck up and destroy' aspect of 31:28.