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Jeremiah 29:12
12Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In those days when you pray, I will listen.
Context of Jeremiah 29:12
10This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
Read all of Jeremiah 29Jeremiah 29:12 word by word
וּקְרָאתֶ֤ם אֹתִי֙ וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָ֑י וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 29:12
- Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
- Jeremiah 33:3‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
- Nehemiah 2:4The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Then I prayed to the God of heaven,
- Psalms 10:17You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
- Psalms 50:15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Psalms 102:16For the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
- Isaiah 30:19People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.
- Isaiah 65:24Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
- Ezekiel 36:37“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,
- Daniel 9:3So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
- Matthew 7:7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 29:12
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it appears, that the seventy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Through Jeremiah, the Lord reminded the exiled people that if they searched for him sincerely, they would find him. The Exile taught the Israelites to reject false gods and devote themselves fully to the Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4–6). It also inspired a new commitment to God's revealed word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Fulfilled (Da 9:3, &c.). When God designs mercy, He puts it into the hearts of His people to pray for the mercy designed. When such a spirit of prayer is poured out, it is a sure sign of coming mercy. go--to the temple and other places of prayer: contrasted with their previous sloth as to going to seek God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 29
- 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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