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I am appointing you ... to uproot and break down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant
Jeremiah would do these things to various nations by saying that they would happen.
to uproot and break down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant
He would uproot, break down, destroy and overthrow some nations, and he would build and plant other nations.
to uproot
God speaks of Jeremiah destroying the nations by what he says as if the nations were plants and he were to pull them up out of the ground. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
to destroy and overthrow
Jeremiah uses these words, which mean almost the same thing, to show that this will certainly happen. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
to build and plant
God speaks of Jeremiah causing nations to become strong as if they were a building and he would build them, and as if they were plants and he would plant them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)