Jeremiah 29:12

And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

11For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.

13You shall seek me, and shall And me: when you shall seek me with all your heart.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me: For what dost thou make request? And I prayed to the God of heaven,

Psalms 102:16And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Isaiah 26:16Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.

Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hear; as they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Jeremiah 33:3Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.

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 →

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