Jeremiah 42:10

God promises to build up and plant the remnant if they remain in the land, for He grieves over the disaster He brought. Staying means restoration and divine compassion.

Cross-references · 22

• Jer 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
• Ezek 36:36Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
• Jer 24:6I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
• Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
• Jer 33:7I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
• Amos 7:6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
• Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
• Gen 26:2–3The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
• Hos 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
• Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
• Jer 18:7–10At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
• Exod 32:14So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
• Amos 7:3So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
• Acts 15:16‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
• Ps 69:35For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
• Ps 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
• Jer 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
• Judg 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
• Ps 102:16For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
• 2 Sam 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• Ps 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
• Deut 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

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