Jeremiah 32:42
in Jeremiah 32For 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.
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ASV
For thus saith Jehovah: 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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWill I bring upon them all the good that I have promised - God’s word cannot fail. The Jews have never yet received the good that God has promised. Nothing like the fulfillment of these promises took place after their return from Babylon; therefore there remaineth yet a rest for these ancient people of God; and it is under the Christian dispensation that they are to have it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 42) What does the Lord say about this: just as I brought upon this people all this great evil, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise to them. These things, although they may have happened literally after the return from the Chaldeans, when the people returned to Judaea under the reign of Cyrus the king, are more truly and fully fulfilled spiritually in Christ and the Apostles.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
God's judgments came gradually upon them, but, they not meeting him by repentance in the way of his judgments, he proceeded in his controversy till all was laid waste, which was in the eleventh year of Zedekiah; now what is here recorded happened in the tenth.
): As I have brought all this great evil upon them, pursuant to the threatenings, and for the glory of divine justice, so I will bring upon them all this good, pursuant to the promise, and for the glory of divine mercy. He that is faithful to his threatenings will much more be so to his promises; and he will comfort his people according to the time that he has afflicted them.
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For thus saith the Lord, like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people,.... The Chaldean army now besieging them, the famine and pestilence among them, as well as their captivity, which was just at hand and certain: so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them; in the preceding verses; as being their God, and they his people; giving them one heart, and one way; putting his fear into them; causing them to persevere to the end: rejoicing over them to do them good; and planting them in the land.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The restoration from Babylon was only a slight foretaste of the grace to be expected by Israel at last through Christ.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כֹה֙ | khoh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙ | heveti | I have brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעָ֣ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַזֶּ֔ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָרָעָ֥ה | haraah | the calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה | hagedolah | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| הַזֹּ֑את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| כֵּ֣ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אָנֹכִ֞י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מֵבִ֤יא | mevi' | [will] bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶם֙ | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַטּוֹבָ֔ה | hatovah | the good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָנֹכִ֖י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| דֹּבֵ֥ר | dover | [am] speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾaleihem | to them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
כֹה֙thus
khohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙I have brought
hevetiH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעָ֣םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַזֶּ֔ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָרָעָ֥הthe calamity
haraahH7451 →662 times
הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה<the> great
hagedolahH1419 →526 times
הַזֹּ֑את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
כֵּ֣ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
אָנֹכִ֞יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מֵבִ֤יא[will] bring
mevi'H935 →2568 times
עֲלֵיהֶם֙on them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַטּוֹבָ֔הthe good
hatovahH2896 →538 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָנֹכִ֖יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
דֹּבֵ֥ר[am] speaking
doverH1696 →1141 times
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃to them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- 1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 55:11
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Matthew 5:18
For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Isaiah 40:8
Through
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.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
- Jeremiah 24:6
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.