God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 12:15
15After I’ve uprooted them, I will have compassion on them again. I will return them to their inheritance and to their lands.
Jeremiah 12:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
- New International Version (NIV)But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.
Context of Jeremiah 12:15
13My people planted wheat, but they harvested thorns. They worked until they became sick, but they gained nothing by it. They were disappointed by their harvests because of the burning anger of the Lord. 14“This is what I, the Lord, say about all my evil neighbors who take the inheritance that I gave my people Israel: I am going to uproot those neighbors from their lands. I will also uproot the people of Judah from among them. After I’ve uprooted them, I will have compassion on them again. I will return them to their inheritance and to their lands. 16Suppose they learn carefully the ways of my people. Suppose they take an oath in my name, ‘As the Lord lives …’ as they taught my people to take an oath in ⌞the name of⌟ Baal. Then they will build homes among my people. 17But suppose they don’t listen. Then I will uproot that nation and destroy it,” declares the Lord.
Read all of Jeremiah 12Jeremiah 12:15 word by word
וְהָיָ֗ה אַֽחֲרֵי֙ נָתְשִׁ֣י אוֹתָ֔ם אָשׁ֖וּב וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑ים וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛ים אִ֥ישׁ לְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ לְאַרְצֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it shall come to pass, afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- that I have plucked them outנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
- I will returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- and have compassionרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
- every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- to his heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- to his landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for Jeremiah 12:15
- Jeremiah 48:47But I will restore Moab in the last days,” declares the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.
- Jeremiah 49:6But afterward, I will return the captives of Ammon, declares the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 30:3he will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you from all the nations of the world where he will scatter you.
- Isaiah 23:17At the end of 70 years the Lord will come to help Tyre. Then she will go back to earning money as a prostitute. She will become a prostitute for all the world’s kingdoms.
- Numbers 32:18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received his own land.
- Deuteronomy 3:20Your soldiers will go with the other Israelites until they take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then they will have a place to rest as you have. After that each of you may go back to the land I gave you.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 12:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15I will return, and have compassion on them - This is a promise of restoration from the captivity, and an intimation also that some of their enemies would turn to the true God with them; learn the ways of his people; that is, would abjure idols, and take Jehovah for their God; and be built in the midst of his people, that is, Jew and Gentile forming one Church of the Most High.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-17Verses 14-17 The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward to the times when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. Those who would have their lot with God's people, and a last end like theirs, must learn their ways, and walk in them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15I will...have compassion on them: Even other nations, no matter how wicked, can recover after facing disaster.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1714-17. Prophecy as to the surrounding nations, the Syrians, Ammonites, &c., who helped forward Judah's calamity: they shall share her fall; and, on their conversion, they shall share with her in the future restoration. This is a brief anticipation of the predictions in the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth chapters. touch--(Zec 2:8). pluck them out ... pluck out ... Judah--(Compare end of Jr 12:16). During the thirteen years that the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 12
- 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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