The wicked person desires a stronghold, ¹  but the righteous root ²  endures. ³ 

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ¹ 

But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,’” ¹  says the Lord.

There are times, Jeremiah, ¹  when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom. ² 

But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, ¹  it withered.

Other seed fell on rock, ¹  and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

And you put my feet in the stocks ¹  and you watch all my movements; ²  you put marks ³  on the soles of my feet.

“But there is hope for ¹  a tree: ²  If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

Like ¹  wild donkeys in the desert they ²  go out to their labor, ³  seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides ⁴  food for them and for their children.

The earth heaved and shook; ¹  the roots of the mountains ²  trembled; ³  they heaved because he was angry.

Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; ¹  Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce ²  will fill the surface of the world. ³ 

The mountains tremble before him, ¹  the hills convulse; ²  the earth is laid waste ³  before him, the world and all its inhabitants ⁴  are laid waste. ⁵ 

Indeed, ¹  Gaza will be deserted ²  and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. ³  Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, ⁴  and Ekron will be overthrown. ⁵ 

Even now the ax is laid at ¹  the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Other ¹  seeds fell on rocky ground ²  where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep. ³ 

Other seed fell on rocky ground ¹  where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. ²