Jeremiah 1:12
And the Lord said unto me, Thou hast well seen; for I am watching over my word to perform it.
Leeser Tanakh
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 unto me, They have done well in what they have spoken.
Isaiah 55:11So shall ever be my word which goeth forth from my mouth, it shall not return unto me without effect; but it accomplisheth what I desire, and it prospereth in that whereto I have sent it.
Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah the king of Judah, in the tenth month, that Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what sort of proverb is that which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are lasting long, and lost is every vision?
Ezekiel 12:28Therefore say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, There shall not be delayed any more one of all my words; but whatever word I do speak shall be done, saith the Lord Eternal.
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 →