Jeremiah 29:10
For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished each by the hand of his brother, my neighbor, and it is impossible
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
11for your fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.
Cross References
Ezra 1:1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he issued a proclamation through all his kingdom, and that in writing, saying,
Psalms 102:14For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust. 1
Jeremiah 25:11And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years.
Jeremiah 27:7All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers had a pasture of righteousness.
Jeremiah 33:14And behold, I am in your hands; do to me as is expedient, and as it is best for you.
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 →