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Jeremiah 1:12

“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”

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ASV

Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

KJV

Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלַ֖י'e.Laito meH413 →
הֵיטַ֣בְתָּhei.Tav.tayou have done wellH3190 →
לִרְא֑וֹתlir.'otto seeH7200 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
שֹׁקֵ֥דsho.Ked[am] watchingH8245 →
אֲנִ֛י'a.NiIH589 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
דְּבָרִ֖יde.va.Riword myH1697 →
לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ פla.'a.so.Toto do itH6213 →

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Ezekiel 12:28Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”Ezekiel 12:22–23“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”Deuteronomy 5:28And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”Deuteronomy 18:17Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.Jeremiah 48:16Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.Lamentations 4:18They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!John 13:13You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.Jeremiah 52:1–34Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.Luke 20:39Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”Jeremiah 39:1–18In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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