Jeremiah 33:3

Jeremiah 33:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• New International Version (NIV)‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

Context of Jeremiah 33:3

1While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time: 2“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name: Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. 4For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword: 5The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.

Jeremiah 33:3 word by word

קְרָ֥א אֵלַ֖י וְאֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ וְאַגִּ֧ידָה לְּךָ֛ גְּדֹל֥וֹת וּבְצֻר֖וֹת לֹ֥א יְדַעְתָּֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• Callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• to Meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• and I will answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and showנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and unsearchable thingsבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• you do notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Jeremiah 33:3

• Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
• Deuteronomy 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
• 1 Kings 8:47and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
• Luke 11:9So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
• Romans 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
• 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
• Micah 7:15As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.
• Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
• Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 33:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Call unto eve, and I will answer thee - To me alone it belongs to reveal what is future; and the stupendous things which are now coming are known only to myself. These idolaters go to their gods to get information relative to the issue of the present commotions; but there is no light in them. Ask thou, O Jeremiah, and I will tell thee the great and mighty things which even thou knowest not.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Mighty things - Or, as in the margin. The words are probably a quotation from Isaiah 48:6.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26As Jerusalem and the king of Judah faced invaders, God gave Jeremiah insight into His long-term plan. The promises would only come true after the destruction. The nation's hope was not in avoiding destruction but in the purification it would bring. Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace from late 587 BC, during the siege, until Jerusalem fell in August 586 BC (see Jeremiah 32:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Call ... I will answer--(Jr 29:12; Psa 91:15). Jeremiah, as the representative of the people of God, is urged by God to pray for that which God has determined to grant; namely, the restoration. God's promises are not to slacken, but to quicken the prayers of His people (Psa 132:13, 17; Is 62:6, 7). mighty things--Hebrew, "inaccessible things," that is, incredible, hard to man's understanding [Maurer], namely, the restoration of the Jews, an event…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 33:3

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings