Jeremiah 29:14
I will be found by you,” says the LORD, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,” says the LORD. “I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
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In Context
13You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
15Because you have said, “The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon,”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as the LORD our God is whenever we call on him?
Deuteronomy 30:5The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it. He will do you good, and increase your numbers more than your fathers.
2 Chronicles 15:12They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 126:4Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev.
Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
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 →