²⁸ Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster,^(A) so will I watch over them to build and to plant them’^(B) – this is the Lord’s declaration.

⁶ I am sure of this, that he who started a good work^(A) in you^[a] will carry it on to completion^(B) until the day of Christ Jesus.