Jeremiah 29:13
for by myself I have sworn, says the Lord, that you shall be in the midst of her an impassable land, and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert for ever.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me,
Deuteronomy 30:1And it shall come to pass when all these things shall have come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before your face, and you shall + 30:1 Gr. receive them into your heart. call them to mind among all the nations, wherein the Lord shall have scattered you,
1 Kings 8:47and they shall turn their hearts in the land whither they have been carried captives, and turn in the land of their sojourning, and supplicate you, saying, We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have transgressed,
2 Kings 23:3And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; even the things written + 23:3 Gr. on. in this book. And all the people stood + 23:3 Gr. in. to the covenant.
2 Chronicles 6:37and if they shall repent in their land whither they were carried captive, and shall also turn and make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have wrought unrighteously;
2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.
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 →