⁷ If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will ^(A)pluck up and break down and destroy it,

²⁸ And it shall come to pass that ^(A)as I have watched over them ^(B)to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, ^(C)so I will watch over them ^(D)to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

⁴ Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: ^(A)Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.

⁴ For the ^(A)weapons of ^(B)our warfare are not of the flesh but have ^(C)divine power ^(D)to destroy strongholds. ⁵ We destroy arguments and ^(E)every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to ^(F)obey Christ,