⁷ If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,^(A) torn down and destroyed,

²⁸ Just as I watched^(A) over them to uproot^(B) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,^(C) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”^(D) declares the Lord.

⁴ But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot^(A) what I have planted,^(B) throughout the earth.^(C)

⁴ The weapons we fight with^(A) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power^(B) to demolish strongholds.^{(C) 5} We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,^(D) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient^(E) to Christ.