<p class="poetry">Once again you will plant vineyardsp> <p class="poetry">on the hills of Samaria.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who plant themp> <p class="poetry">will once again enjoy their fruit.<n id="2" />p>

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish<n id="1" /> a nation or kingdom.

&#8216;Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

<p class="poetry">I planted you in the landp> <p class="poetry">like a special vine of the very best stock.p> <p class="poetry">Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vinep> <p class="poetry">that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You plant them like trees and they put down their roots.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They grow prosperous and are very fruitful.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They always talk about you,p> <p class="poetry">but they really care nothing about you.<n id="3" />p>

I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them<n id="1" /> firmly in the land.&#8217;p>

Know for certain that<n id="1" /> I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be<n id="2" /> uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

I will look after their welfare<n id="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<n id="2" /> and will not uproot them.<n id="3" />

For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted.<n id="1" /> I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For though I, the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all,<n id="1" /> planted you in the land,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I now decree that disaster will come on you<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because the nations of Israel and Judah have done evilp> <p class="poetry">and have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one.<n id="1" /> Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will<n id="2" /> live a long time in the land that you wander about on.&#8217;<n id="3" />

&#8216;If you will just stay<n id="1" /> in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you.<n id="2" /> I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told Jeremiah,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Tell Baruch,<n id="2" /> &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8220;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.<n id="3" />