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Jeremiah 32:42
42“This is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all these calamities on them, so I will do all the good I have promised them.
Jeremiah 32:42 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
- New International Version (NIV)“This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For thus says the Lord: ‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.
Context of Jeremiah 32:42
40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me. 41I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land. “This is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all these calamities on them, so I will do all the good I have promised them. 43Fields will again be bought and sold in this land about which you now say, ‘It has been ravaged by the Babylonians, a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.’ 44Yes, fields will once again be bought and sold—deeds signed and sealed and witnessed—in the land of Benjamin and here in Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the hill country, in the foothills of Judah and in the Negev, too. For someday I will restore prosperity to them. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Read all of Jeremiah 32Jeremiah 32:42 word by word
כִּֽי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙ אֶל־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֥ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את כֵּ֣ן אָנֹכִ֞י מֵבִ֤יא עֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י דֹּבֵ֥ר עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Like as I have broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- all this greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
- upon this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- upon them all the goodטוֹבָהţôb · welfareH2896
- that I have promisedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
Cross-references for Jeremiah 32:42
- Jeremiah 31:28In the past I deliberately uprooted and tore down this nation. I overthrew it, destroyed it, and brought disaster upon it. But in the future I will just as deliberately plant it and build it up. I, the Lord, have spoken!
- Joshua 23:14“Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!
- Zechariah 8:14“For this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me, and I did not change my mind, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
- Jeremiah 33:10“This is what the Lord says: You have said, ‘This is a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.’ Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah’s other towns, there will be heard once more
Commentaries on Jeremiah 32:42
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42Will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised - God's word cannot fail. The Jews have never yet received the good that God has promised. Nothing like the fulfillment of these promises took place after their return from Babylon; therefore there remaineth yet a rest for these ancient people of God; and it is under the Christian dispensation that they are to have it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26-44Verses 26-44 The answer is divided into two parts; (a) Jeremiah 32:26-35, the sins of Judah are shown to be the cause of her punishment: (b) Jeremiah 32:36-44, this punishment was not for Judah‘s destruction, but for her amendment. Jeremiah 32:28 I will give - Or, I am giving. Jeremiah 32:30 From their youth - God‘s mighty deeds for Israel began in Egypt Jeremiah 32:20, and so did Israel‘s sin. Jeremiah 32:34, Jeremiah 32:35 These verses are repeated from…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-44Verses 26-44 God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them. The restoration of Judah and Jerusalem is promised. This people were now at length brought to despair. But God gives hope of mercy which he had in store for them hereafter. Doubtless the promises are sure to all believers. God will own them for his, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-43God's promises for good were as certain as the judgments happening while the Babylonians attacked Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4242. (Jr 31:28). The restoration from Babylon was only a slight foretaste of the grace to be expected by Israel at last through Christ.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 32
- 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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