And there are times when I promise to build up and establish a nation or kingdom.

“I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms.

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

so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement?

I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom.

Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!”

ב (Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.