Jeremiah 12:15

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 will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the Lord will take them away in his fierce anger. 14“I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning the wicked nations who surround my land and have attacked and plundered the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. I say: ‘I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there. But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country. 16But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people. Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal. But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, “As surely as the Lord lives, I swear.” If they do these things, then they will be included among the people I call my own. 17But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,’” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 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 48:47Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.
• Jeremiah 49:6Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 30:3the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.
• Isaiah 23:17At the end of seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms.
• Numbers 32:18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.
• Deuteronomy 3:20You must fight until the Lord gives your countrymen victory as he did you and they take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 12:15

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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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