Jeremiah 32:42

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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in truth with My whole heart and with My whole soul.

43And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say: It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

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Cross References

Joshua 23:14And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; consider ye therefore in all your heart and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.

Jeremiah 31:28And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:14Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:27-44

Judgments Predicted; Restoration of the Jews; Encouraging Promises. ( b. c. 589.) 26 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 27 Behold, I am the Lord , the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 28 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon… Read the whole commentary →

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