Jeremiah 29:12
For thus says the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk it; and you shall by no means be cleared:
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
In Context
11for your fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:4And the king said to me, For what do you ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Psalms 102:16For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more. 1
Isaiah 26:16Lord, in affliction I remembered you; your chastening was to us with small affliction.
Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will listen to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it?
Jeremiah 33:3Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices.
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 →