Jeremiah 1:12
And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:17And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.
Isaiah 55:11So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.
Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Sedecias king of Juda, in the tenth month, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army to Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail.
Ezekiel 12:28Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Not one word of mine shall be prolonged any more: the word that I shall speak shall be accomplished, saith the Lord God.
Luke 10:28And he said to him: Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 1:12-19
Charge Given to Jeremiah. ( b. c. 629.) 11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. 13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. 14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of… Read the whole commentary →