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And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

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Louis Segond 1910

Et comme j'ai veillé sur eux Pour arracher, abattre, détruire, ruiner et faire du mal, Ainsi je veillerai sur eux pour bâtir et pour planter, Dit l'Eternel.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

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  • Theodulf of Orleans

    The Book on the Order of Baptism to Magnus of Sens

    own, and to overthrow, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant" Jeremiah 31:28. This is because, after the exorcism and blowing away, the tradition of the creed follows. 6. What is the interpretation of the Creed according to the Latins? The…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 105 (Migne)

    molirer et dissiparem et dispergerem et affligerem, sic vigilabo super eos, ut aedificem et plantem (Jer. XXXI, 28) . Et hoc ideo quia post exorcizationem et exsufflationem, symboli sequitur traditio. VI. Quae sit interpretatio Symboli secundum Latinos. Quod symbolum Latine…

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