New King James Version
Jeremiah 29:12
12Then you will call upon Me and go 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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In those days when you pray, I will listen.
Context of Jeremiah 29:12
10For thus says the Lord: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. 11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
Read all of Jeremiah 29Jeremiah 29:12 word by word
וּקְרָאתֶ֤ם אֹתִי֙ וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָ֑י וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 29:12
- Jeremiah 31:9They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.
- Jeremiah 33:3‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
- Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- Psalms 10:17Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,
- Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
- Psalms 102:16For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.
- Isaiah 30:19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
- Isaiah 65:24“It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Ezekiel 36:37‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will increase their men like a flock.
- Daniel 9:3Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring the one–third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
- Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it 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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