English Standard Version
Jeremiah 1:12
12Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform 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.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”
Context of Jeremiah 1:12
10See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant." 11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond branch." Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it." 13The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north." 14Then the Lord said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of 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"And the Lord heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken.
- Deuteronomy 18:17And the Lord said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken.
- Luke 10:28And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
- Luke 20:39Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."
- Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged 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 the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.'
- Ezekiel 12:22"Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing'?
- Amos 8:2And he said, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come upon my people Israel; I will never again pass by 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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