Jeremiah 29:14
And I will be found of you, Declareth Yahweh, And will turn back your captivity, And will gather you out of all the nations and out of all the places whither I have driven you, Declareth Yahweh, And will bring you back into the place whence I had caused you to be carried away captive:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13So shall ye seek me and find, For ye will enquire after me with all your heart;
15Because ye have said,—Yahweh hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it,—like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him.
Deuteronomy 30:5and Yahweh thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it,—and he will do thee good and multiply thee beyond thy fathers.
2 Chronicles 15:12And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers,—with all their heart, and with all their soul;
Psalms 46:1God—for us, is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found.
Psalms 126:4Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South.
Isaiah 45:19Not in secret, have I spoken In a place of the earth that is dark,—I have not said unto the seed of Jacob, In a waste, seek ye me,—I, am Yahweh, Speaking the thing that is right, Declaring the things that are just.
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 →