Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 1:12
12The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over my word to accomplish it.”
Jeremiah 1:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”
Context of Jeremiah 1:12
10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant. 11Then the word of the Lord came to me, asking, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I replied, “I see a branch of an almond tree.” The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over my word to accomplish it.” 13Again the word of the Lord came to me asking, “What do you see?” And I replied, “I see a boiling pot, its lip tilted from the north to the south.” 14Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out from the north on all who live in the land.
Read all of Jeremiah 1Jeremiah 1:12 word by word
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הֵיטַ֣בְתָּ לִרְא֑וֹת כִּֽי־שֹׁקֵ֥ד אֲנִ֛י עַל־דְּבָרִ֖י לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 1:12
- Deuteronomy 5:28“The Lord heard your words when you spoke to me. He said to me, ‘I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. Everything they have said is right.
- Deuteronomy 18:17Then the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well.
- Luke 10:28“You’ve answered correctly,” he told him. “Do this and you will live.”
- Luke 20:39Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”
- Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to it.
- Jeremiah 52:1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance and retribution belong to me. In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes, ‘The days keep passing by, and every vision fails’?
- Amos 8:2He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.” The Lord said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel; I will no longer spare them.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 1:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will hasten my word - Here is a paronomasia. What dost thou see? I see שקד shaked, "an almond," the hastening tree: that which first awakes. Thou hast well seen, for (שקד shoked ) I will hasten my word. I will awake, or watch over my word for the first opportunity to inflict the judgments which I threaten. The judgment shall come speedily; it shall soon flourish, and come to maturity.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Hasten - Rather, I watch over “my word to perform it.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-19Verses 11-19 God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of judgments. God also showed whence the intended ruin should arise. Jeremiah saw a seething-pot boiling, representing Jerusalem and Judah in great commotion. The mouth or face of the furnace or hearth, was toward the north; from whence the fire and fuel were…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The Hebrew words for "almond tree" (shaqed) and "watching" (shoqed) sound very similar. God used this connection to teach Jeremiah something important. The almond tree blooms very early, before other trees, in January or February. When God showed Jeremiah an almond tree, he was telling him that just as the almond tree is alert and ready to bloom early, God is always alert and watching over his people. We can see this same idea of God's constant watchful…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. hasten--rather, "I will be wakeful as to My word," &c.; alluding to Jr 1:11, "the wakeful tree" [Maurer].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 1
- 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
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