Jeremiah 29:12

12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
ESV
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
NLT
12 In those days when you pray, I will listen.
MSG
12 "When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen.
CSB
12 You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 29:12

Then shall ye call upon me
When the expected end is about to be given; when God intends and is about to bestow a mercy, he gives his people a spirit of prayer to ask for it; and even the promise of it is a considerable argument to encourage and engage more to pray for it: and ye shall go and pray unto me:
walk in my ways; so Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech; or rather ye shall go into your private closets, or into those public places where prayer was wont to be made, and there put up your petitions; or it may be the meaning is, that they should continue praying unto him; should pray without ceasing, until they enjoyed the blessing, and had the expected end given them: and I will hearken unto you:
God is a God hearing prayer; he listens to the requests of his people, and answers them in his own time and way; which is no small encouragement to pray unto him.

Jeremiah 29:12 In-Context

10 This is what the LORD says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place.
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

Cross References 3

  • 1. Hosea 2:23; Zephaniah 3:12; Zechariah 13:9
  • 2. S 1 Kings 8:30
  • 3. Psalms 145:19; S Isaiah 55:6
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