Jeremiah 29:12
And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
Psalms 10:17Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
Psalms 102:16\102:15\So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory:
Isaiah 26:16Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
Jeremiah 33:3Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:9-15
Advice to the Captives in Babylon. ( b. c. 596.) 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord . 10 For thus saith the Lord , That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For… Read the whole commentary →