Jeremías 31:28

28 Y será que, como tuve cuidado de ellos para arrancar y derribar, y trastornar y perder, y afligir, así tendré cuidado de ellos para edificar y plantar, dijo el SEÑOR

Jeremías 31:28 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 31:28

And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over
them
In providence; looked upon them with an eye of vindictive justice; observed all their actions and motions; diligently attended to everything that passed, and took the first and most fitting opportunity: to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and
to afflict;
which words, as they have an elegance and an agreeableness in their sound, in the original; so they are expressive of the utter overthrow of the city, temple, and nation of the Jews, and of the several troubles and calamities they should be afflicted with: so will I watch over them;
be as careful and diligent, as intent, earnest, and early: to build, and to plant, saith the Lord;
to build their city and temple, and to plant them in their own land. So the church of God is his building, whose foundation he lays, the superstructure of which he rears up, and will complete it in his own time; and it is his plantation, into which he puts his pleasant plants, his plants of renown; which he waters with his Spirit and grace, by the ministry of the word, that they may grow, and become fruitful.

Jeremías 31:28 In-Context

26 En esto me desperté, y vi, y mi sueño me fue sabroso

27 He aquí vienen días, dijo el SEÑOR, y sembraré la Casa de Israel y la Casa de Judá de simiente de hombre y de simiente de animal

28 Y será que, como tuve cuidado de ellos para arrancar y derribar, y trastornar y perder, y afligir, así tendré cuidado de ellos para edificar y plantar, dijo el SEÑOR

29 En aquellos días no dirán más: Los padres comieron las uvas agrias, y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera

30 Sino que cada cual morirá por su iniquidad; los dientes de todo hombre que comiere las uvas agrias, tendrán la dentera