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

Yet ¹  God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. ²  He will scoop you up ³  and remove you from your home; ⁴  he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

then let me sow ¹  and let another eat, and let my crops ²  be uprooted.

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

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.”

He tears me down ¹  on every side until I perish; ²  he uproots ³  my hope ⁴  like one uproots ⁵  a tree.

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 

“I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning ¹  the wicked nations who surround my land ²  and have attacked and plundered ³  the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. ⁴  I say: ‘I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there. ⁵ 

but the wicked ¹  will be removed ²  from the land, and the treacherous ³  will be torn away ⁴  from it.

A time to be born, ¹  and a time to die; ²  a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

And he replied, ¹  “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

I will plant them on their land and they will never again be uprooted from the ¹  land I have given them,” says the Lord your God.

The Lord told Jeremiah, ¹  “Tell Baruch, ²  ‘The Lord says, “I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth. ³ 

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, ¹  and it would uproot ²  all my harvest.

I will uproot your images of Asherah ¹  from your midst, and destroy your idols. ² 

I will look after their welfare ¹  and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land ²  and will not uproot them. ³ 

The wild boars of the forest ruin it; ¹  the insects ²  of the field feed on it.

Shortly after his rise to power, ¹  his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky ²  – but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these.

Know for certain that ¹  I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be ²  uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.” ³