Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Jeremiah 1:10 in English Standard Version "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.”" Jer 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jer 18:7 If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, Jer 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. Jer 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. 2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.