Jeremiah 32:42

For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.

Majority Standard Bible

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

41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

43And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’

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Cross References

Joshua 23:14Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:14Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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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