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Lexicon :: Strong's H1129 - bānâ

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בָּנָה
Transliteration
bānâ
Pronunciation
baw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 255

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בנה

Strong’s Definitions

בָּנָה bânâh, baw-naw'; a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):—(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 376x

The KJV translates Strong's H1129 in the following manner: build (340x), build up (14x), builder (10x), made (3x), built again (2x), repair (2x), set up (2x), have children (1x), obtain children (1x), surely 1 (inf. for emphasis).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 376x
The KJV translates Strong's H1129 in the following manner: build (340x), build up (14x), builder (10x), made (3x), built again (2x), repair (2x), set up (2x), have children (1x), obtain children (1x), surely 1 (inf. for emphasis).

  1. to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

    1. (Qal)

      1. to build, rebuild

      2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be built

      2. to be rebuilt

      3. established (of restored exiles) (fig.)

      4. established (made permanent)

      5. to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּנָה bânâh, baw-naw'; a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):—(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), × surely.
STRONGS H1129: Abbreviations
בָּנָה 373 verb build (MI, Nabatean EutNo. 1 בנה, Phoenician בן, Arabic بَنَا, Assyrian banû COTGlossary compare BaZMG 1887, 640, Sabean בני CISiv, 1, No, 56, Aramaic H1124 בְּנָא, axnb, Palmyrene בנא VogNo. 31) —
Qal Perfect ב׳ Deuteronomy 20:5 +, בָּֽנְתָה Proverbs 9:1; Proverbs 14:1, בָּנִיתָ Deuteronomy 6:10, בָּנִתָה 1 Kings 9:3; וּבָנִ֫יתָ consecutive Deuteronomy 20:20 +; בָּנִיתְ Ezekiel 16:25; בָּנִתִי 1 Kings 8:13 +; plural בָּנוּ Genesis 11:5 +, etc.; Imperfect יִבְּנֶה Deuteronomy 25:9 +; jussive וְיִבֶן Ezra 1:3, וַיִּבְנֶה Joshua 19:50 + 2 times, וַיִּ֫בֶן Genesis 2:22 +; suffix יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Job 20:19; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּ֫בֶן 1 Chronicles 7:24; Zechariah 9:3; אֶבְנֶה 2 Samuel 7:27 +; plural יִבְנוּ Isaiah 65:22 +, etc.; Imperative בְּנֵה Numbers 23:1 +; plural בְּנוּ Numbers 32:24 +; Infinitive absolute בָּנֹה 1 Kings 8:13; construct בְּנוֺת 1 Chronicles 6:17 +, etc.; Participle active בֹּנֶה (בּוֺנֶה) Genesis 4:17 +; construct בֹּנֵה Psalm 147:2; plural (מֹּנִים) בּוֺנִים Ezra 4:1 +; construct בֹּנֵי 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse), etc.; passive בָּנוּי Songs 4:4; Judges 6:28; feminine בְּנוּיָה Psalm 122:3; plural בְּנוּיִם Nehemiah 7:4; — build, 1 (literal).
a. with accusative
(α) of city (Hexateuch only J E) Genesis 4:17; Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:4, 5 (+ tower) Genesis 11:8 (all J & his sources); Exodus 1:11; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 24:13 (all E) Judges 1:26; Judges 18:28 + 22 times Kings Chronicles + Jeremiah 32:31; Psalm 122:3 (passive participle) compare Habakkuk 2:12; of village (חָצֵר) Nehemiah 12:29; see also below rebuild, i. below;
(β) house Genesis 33:17 (J), elsewhere in Hexateuch only Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 20:25; Deuteronomy 22:8; Deuteronomy 28:30; also 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 22:39; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 2:2; Proverbs 24:27; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13; Isaiah 65:21; Jeremiah 35:7, 9 compare Zechariah 5:11; as sign of security Ezekiel 28:26; compare Ezekiel 11:3; of luxury Ecclesiastes 2:4 compare Jeremiah 22:14; of permanent residence 1 Kings 2:36; Jeremiah 29:5, 28; especially of temple 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:32; 1 Kings 6:2 + often Samuel Kings Chronicles; figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 9:1; especially build temple ליהוה etc. 2 Samuel 7:5, 7; 1 Kings 6:1 (= began to build) + + 13 times Chronicles + Isaiah 66:1; לְשֵׁם י׳ etc. 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:17 + 8 times Kings; + 13 times Chronicles; לְךָ לְשִׁמְךָ 2 Chronicles 20:8; לִהְיוֺת שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 8:16; 2 Chronicles 6:5; לָשׂוּם שְׁמִי שָׁם 1 Kings 9:3; object chambers, or stories 1 Kings 6:5, 10, court 1 Kings 6:36; Hosea 8:14 perhaps of idol-temples; compare 1 Kings 16:32; Psalm 78:69 of Yahweh's building his sanctuary, Psalm 147:2 Jerusalem, Psalm 127:1 a house; also Amos 9:6 his chambers in the heavens; of Solomon's palace 1 Kings 7:1-2; 1 Kings 9:1-10 +;
(γ) of a fortress 2 Chronicles 17:12; 27:4 compare of Tyre Zechariah 9:3 (מָצוֺר);
(δ) of wall 1 Kings 3:1; Isaiah 60:10; Ezekiel 13:10; 2 Chronicles 33:14 (compare 2 Chronicles 27:8) Nehemiah 4:4; Nehemiah 6:1 +;
(ε) gate 2 Kings 15:35 2 Chronicles 27:3;
(ζ) tower Isaiah 5:2; 2 Chronicles 26:9, 10; 27:4 compare figurative Songs 8:9 & passive participle Songs 4:4 (in simile);
† (η) siege-works against (עַל־) a city Deuteronomy 20:2 (מָצוֺר), Ecclesiastes 9:14 (מְצוֺדִים), 2 Kings 25:1 = Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 4:2 (all דָּיֵק), & so (without עַל־) Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 21:27; compare בנה עָלַי, absolute Lamentations 3:5 (in figurative);
† (θ) altar Genesis 22:9; Genesis 35:7; Exodus 17:15; Exodus 20:25; Exodus 24:4; Numbers 23:1, 14, 29 (all E), Genesis 26:25; Exodus 32:5 (both J), Joshua 22:11 + 6 times Joshua 22 (all P) Judges 6:28 (passive participle) Judges 21:4 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; often followed by ליהוה etc. Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7, 8; Genesis 13:18 (all J), Deuteronomy 27:5, 6; Joshua 8:30 (E) Judges 6:24, 26 + 8 times Samuel Kings Chronicles;
† (ι) high places (בָּמָה) 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Chronicles 33:8, 19; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35; compare גַּב Ezekiel 16:24, 31 (both || רָמָה) & רָמָה Ezekiel 16:25;
† (κ) צִיּוּן Ezekiel 39:15; also
† (λ) גִּדְרֹת צאֹן Numbers 32:16 (E);
† (μ) מיּ֯סַךְ הַשַּׁבָּת 2 Kings 16:18.
†b. with accusative of material Exodus 20:25 (E) 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:6; Ezekiel 27:5; with בְּ of material 1 Kings 6:15, 16; 1 Kings 15:17; 2 Chronicles 16:6; compare
†c. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הַצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה Genesis 2:22 and he (Yahweh) fashioned the rib into a woman.
†d. absolute 2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 9:9; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:9; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 31:28; Isaiah 65:22 + 12 times Chronicles + Malachi 1:4; Ecclesiastes 3:3 (opposed to פרץ); also
e. Participle active = builder 1 Kings 5:32 (twice in verse) + 6 times Chronicles + Ezekiel 27:4; Psalm 118:22; Psalm 127:1.
†f. with indefinite object 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.
†g. וַיִּבֶן אֶת־הָהָר = and he built on the hill 1 Kings 16:24.
†h. followed by בְּ build at Zechariah 6:15; Nehemiah 4:11 (compare בְּ 12b).
†i. = rebuild Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; Amos 9:14; Isaiah 45:13; Psalm 69:36; Nehemiah 2:5; Daniel 9:25 all of city; compare phrase בנה חָרְבוֺת עוֺלָם Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4 & Ezekiel 36:36; Malachi 1:4; Job 3:14; of walls Micah 7:11; 2 Chronicles 32:5; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:33; Nehemiah 3:35; Nehemiah 3:38; Nehemiah 6:6; Psalm 51:20 [Psalm 51:18] (active of י׳); of gate Nehemiah 3:1, 13, 14, 15; temple Zechariah 6:12, 13; Ezra 1:3; altar 2 Chronicles 33:16 (Qr וַיִּבֶן so Bö < Kt ויכן, from כון, so Öttli), Ezra 3:2; high places 2 Kings 21:3 2 Chronicles 33:3; in some of these apparently an idea of merely repairing; so, sometimes with added notion of enlarging etc., city Numbers 32:34, 37, 38 (E) Joshua 19:50 (P) Judges 21:23; 2 Kings 14:22 2 Chronicles 26:2; 1 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 8:2; 11:6 compare Micah 3:10; Millo 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:27; compare house Job 20:19.
2. figurative.
a. build a house (בית) = perpetuate and establish a family; subject Leah & Rachel Ruth 4:11; subject a brother Deuteronomy 25:9; subject י׳ (promise to David) 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Chronicles 17:10; and 1 Chronicles 17:25; (to Solomon) 1 Kings 11:38; compare further סֻכַּת דָּוִד Amos 9:11 (rebuild, restore); = cause a household to flourish Proverbs 14:1 compare opposed to Proverbs 27:18; also of establishing David's throne Psalm 89:5.
b. build up Israel (after exile) subject י׳ Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:4; Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 42:10; compare Jeremiah 45:4 & Psalm 28:5; object Zion Psalm 102:17.
† Niph. Perfect נִבְנָה 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 6:7, נִבְנְתָה Numbers 13:22; Nehemiah 7:1, וְנִבְנְתָה consecutive Jeremiah 30:18 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular וְנִבְּנֵית consecutive Jeremiah 31:4; 3rd person plural נִבְנוּ Malachi 3:15; וְנִבְנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 12:16; Ezekiel 36:33; Imperfect יִבָּנֶה Job 12:14 + 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּבָּנֶה Numbers 21:27 + 3 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּבָּנֶה Job 22:33, אִבָּנֶה Genesis 16:2, וְאִבָּנֶה Genesis 30:3; 3rd person feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Ezekiel 36:10; 2nd person feminine plural תִּבָּנֶינָה Isaiah 44:26; Infinitive לְהִבָּנוֺת Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 8:9, בְּהִבָּנֹתוֺ 1 Kings 6:7 (twice in verse);Participle נִבְנֶה 1 Chronicles 22:19; —
1.
a. be built, (literal) of city Numbers 13:22; of temple 1 Kings 3:2 (לְשֵׁם י׳) 1 Kings 6:7 (+ 3 times in verse); (with accusative mater.); Participle = to be built (gerundive) 1 Chronicles 22:19.
b. be rebuilt: of city of Sihon Numbers 21:27 compare Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 44:26, of wall of Jerusalem Nehemiah 7:1, of Jerusalem Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 31:4, 38; Isaiah 44:28 compare Daniel 9:25 תָּשׁוּב וְנִבְנְתָה, & Ezekiel 26:14 (with עוֺד), of ruinous places (הֶחֳרָבוֺת) Ezekiel 36:10, 33, of a devoted city Deuteronomy 13:17 (with עוֺד), of temple Haggai 1:2; Zechariah 1:16; Zechariah 8:9, indefinite subject Job 12:14.
2.
a. (figurative) of restored exiles, = established Jeremiah 12:16, of prosperous wicked Malachi 3:15, of repentant offender Job 22:23.
b. established, made permanent, subject חֶסֶד Psalm 89:3 (with עוֺלָם), subject בַּיִת Proverbs 24:3 (by wisdom).
c. of childless wife, by means of concubine אִבָּנֶה מִמֶּגָּה Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3 I shall be built up, i.e. become the mother of a family, from or through her; compare Qal 2 a.
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Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 4:17; 4:17; 8:20; 10:11; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 11:8; 12:7; 12:8; 13:18; 16:2; 16:2; 22:9; 26:25; 30:3; 30:3; 33:17; 35:7

Exodus

1:11; 17:15; 20:25; 20:25; 24:4; 32:5

Numbers

13:22; 13:22; 21:27; 21:27; 23:1; 23:1; 23:14; 23:29; 32:16; 32:24; 32:24; 32:34; 32:37; 32:38

Deuteronomy

6:10; 6:10; 8:12; 13:17; 20:2; 20:5; 20:20; 22:8; 25:9; 25:9; 27:5; 27:6; 28:30

Joshua

6:26; 8:30; 19:50; 19:50; 22; 22:11; 24:13

Judges

1:26; 6:24; 6:26; 6:28; 6:28; 18:28; 21:4; 21:23

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

2:35

2 Samuel

5:9; 5:11; 7:5; 7:7; 7:13; 7:27; 7:27

1 Kings

2:36; 3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2; 5:17; 6:1; 6:2; 6:5; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 6:10; 6:15; 6:16; 6:16; 6:36; 6:36; 7:1; 7:2; 8:13; 8:13; 8:16; 9:1; 9:2; 9:3; 9:3; 9:3; 9:4; 9:5; 9:6; 9:7; 9:8; 9:9; 9:10; 9:19; 9:24; 11:7; 11:27; 11:38; 11:38; 14:23; 15:17; 15:22; 16:24; 16:32; 16:34; 18:32; 22:39

2 Kings

14:22; 15:35; 16:18; 17:9; 21:3; 21:3; 23:13; 25:1

1 Chronicles

6:17; 7:24; 11:8; 14:1; 17:10; 17:25; 22:19; 22:19

2 Chronicles

2:2; 6:5; 8:2; 8:6; 11:6; 16:6; 16:6; 17:12; 20:8; 26:2; 26:9; 26:10; 27:3; 27:4; 27:4; 27:8; 32:5; 33:3; 33:8; 33:14; 33:16; 33:19

Ezra

1:3; 1:3; 3:2; 4:1

Nehemiah

2:5; 2:17; 3:1; 3:13; 3:14; 3:15; 4:4; 4:11; 6:1; 6:6; 7:1; 7:1; 7:4; 12:29

Job

3:14; 12:14; 12:14; 20:19; 20:19; 22:23

Psalms

28:5; 51:18; 69:36; 78:69; 89:3; 89:5; 102:17; 118:22; 122:3; 122:3; 127:1; 127:1; 147:2; 147:2

Proverbs

9:1; 9:1; 14:1; 14:1; 24:3; 24:27; 27:18

Ecclesiastes

2:4; 3:3; 9:14

Song of Songs

4:4; 4:4; 8:9

Isaiah

5:2; 9:9; 25:2; 44:26; 44:26; 44:28; 45:13; 58:12; 60:10; 61:4; 65:21; 65:22; 65:22; 66:1

Jeremiah

1:10; 7:31; 12:16; 12:16; 18:9; 19:5; 22:14; 22:18; 24:6; 29:5; 29:28; 30:18; 30:18; 31:4; 31:4; 31:4; 31:28; 31:38; 32:31; 32:35; 33:7; 35:7; 35:9; 42:10; 45:4; 52:4

Lamentations

3:5

Ezekiel

4:2; 11:3; 13:10; 16:24; 16:25; 16:25; 16:31; 17:17; 21:27; 26:14; 27:4; 27:5; 28:26; 36:10; 36:10; 36:33; 36:33; 36:36; 39:15

Daniel

9:25; 9:25

Hosea

8:14

Amos

5:11; 9:6; 9:11; 9:14

Micah

3:10; 7:11

Habakkuk

2:12

Zephaniah

1:13

Haggai

1:2; 1:2

Zechariah

1:16; 5:11; 6:12; 6:13; 6:15; 8:9; 8:9; 9:3; 9:3

Malachi

1:4; 1:4; 3:15; 3:15

H1129

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Strong's Number H1129 matches the Hebrew בָּנָה (bānâ),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:16 - And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:9 - And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:14 - who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar
and painting it with vermilion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:6 - I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:5 - Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:28 - For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “Thus says the LORD:
Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on its mound,
and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city shall be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:31 - This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:7 - I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and rebuild them as they were at first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:7 - You shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:9 - and not to build houses to dwell in. We have no vineyard or field or seed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10 - If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:4 - Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.
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