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Isaiah 5:2
He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.
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Jeremiah 2:21
But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock— the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?
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Jeremiah 12:2
You have planted them, and they have taken root and prospered. Your name is on their lips, but you are far from their hearts.
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Jeremiah 19:15
“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:‘ I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to me.’”
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Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.
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Jeremiah 40:2
The captain of the guard called for Jeremiah and said,“ The Lord your God has brought this disaster on this land,
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Jeremiah 26:19
But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the Lord. They begged him for mercy. Then the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm.”
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Jeremiah 16:10-11
“ When you tell the people all these things, they will ask,‘ Why has the Lord decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the Lord our God?’“ Then you will give them the Lord’s reply:‘ It is because your ancestors were unfaithful to me. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my word.
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Jeremiah 7:9
Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
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2 Samuel 7 10
And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won’t oppress them as they’ve done in the past,
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Jeremiah 18:8
but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.
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Jeremiah 26:13
But if you stop your sinning and begin to obey the Lord your God, he will change his mind about this disaster that he has announced against you.
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Isaiah 61:3
To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.
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Jeremiah 45:4
“ Baruch, this is what the Lord says:‘ I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted.
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Jeremiah 35:17
“ Therefore, this is what the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:‘ Because you refuse to listen or answer when I call, I will send upon Judah and Jerusalem all the disasters I have threatened.’”
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Jeremiah 24:6
I will watch over and care for them, and I will bring them back here again. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them.
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Psalms 80:8
You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
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Psalms 80:15
that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
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Jeremiah 36:7
Perhaps even yet they will turn from their evil ways and ask the Lord’s forgiveness before it is too late. For the Lord has threatened them with his terrible anger.”
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Ezekiel 17:5
He also took a seedling from the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside a broad river, where it could grow like a willow tree.
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Jeremiah 42:10
‘ Stay here in this land. If you do, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you. For I am sorry about all the punishment I have had to bring upon you.
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Psalms 44:2
You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free.