Jeremiah 12:15

And it will come about that, after they have been uprooted, I will again have pity on them; and I will take them back, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14This is what the Lord has said against all my evil neighbours, who put their hands on the heritage which I gave my people Israel: See, I will have them uprooted from their land, uprooting the people of Judah from among them.

16And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:18We will not come back to our houses till every one of the children of Israel has come into his heritage.

Deuteronomy 30:3Then the Lord will have pity on you, changing your fate, and taking you back again from among all the nations where you have been forced to go.

Jeremiah 16:15But, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had sent them: and I will take them back again to their land which I gave to their fathers.

Jeremiah 48:47But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:39But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:15-17

Predictions of Mercy. ( b. c. 606.) 14 Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. 15 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. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the… Read the whole commentary →

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