I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
Parallel translations
- KJV And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
- BSB I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- NKJV I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
- NASB “I will also plant them on their land, And they will not be uprooted again from their land Which I have given them,” Says the Lord your God.
- NLT I will firmly plant them there in their own land. They will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the Lord your God.
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- Jer 24:6For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Ezek 37:25They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.
- Isa 60:21Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Ezek 34:28They shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the animals of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and no one shall make them afraid.
- Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- Jer 32:41Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
- Mic 4:4But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken.
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