Jeremiah 29:12
in Jeremiah 29Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
KJV
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
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This verse in Jeremiah 29
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Fulfilled (Da 9:3, &c.). When God designs mercy, He puts it into the hearts of His people to pray for the mercy designed. When such a spirit of prayer is poured out, it is a sure sign of coming mercy. go--to the temple and other places of prayer: contrasted with their previous sloth as to going to seek God.
This site's exposition
Then you will call upon Me
on Jeremiah 29:12-14
Restoration follows a turning: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart,” the language of Deuteronomy 4:29. The gathering reaches past Babylon, “from all the nations and places to which I have banished you,” a wider scattering than the captivity in view.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Note, When God is about to give his people the expected good he pours out a spirit of prayer, and it is a good sign that he is coming towards them in mercy. Then, when you see the expected end approaching, then you shall call upon me. Note, Promises are given, not to supersede, but to quicken and encourage prayer: and when deliverance is coming we must by prayer go forth to meet it.
Then shall ye call upon me,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And you shall call Me and go In My ways. This is an ellipsis.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּקְרָאתֶ֤ם | ukeratem | and you will call on | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֹתִי֙ | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם | vahalakhtem | and you will come | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖ם | vehitpalaltem | and you will pray | H6419 → | 84 times |
| אֵלָ֑י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖י | veshama'ti | and I will listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
וּקְרָאתֶ֤םand you will call on
ukeratemH7121 →733 times
אֹתִי֙<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּ֔םand you will come
vahalakhtemH1980 →1546 times
וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖םand you will pray
vehitpalaltemH6419 →84 times
אֵלָ֑יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖יand I will listen
veshama'tiH8085 →1159 times
אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃to you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 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
Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
it leads to
- Psalms 91:15
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 65:24
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Isaiah 48:6
You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
- Luke 11:9–10
So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Psalms 91:15
Through
Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
it leads to
- Daniel 10:12
“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response…
- Daniel 10:12
Through
Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalms 37:4
Through
Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
it leads to
- Psalms 107:28
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 107:28
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.