Jeremiah 29:11-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:13

ye shall seek Me. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29 ; Deuteronomy 30:2 ). read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 29:12

Jeremiah 29:12. Ye shall go and pray unto me— Ye shall pray unto me more and more. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:11

11. I know—I alone; not the false prophets who know nothing of My purposes, though they pretend to know. thoughts . . . I think— (Isaiah 55:9). Glancing at the Jews who had no "thoughts of peace," but only of "evil" (misfortune), because they could not conceive how deliverance could come to them. The moral malady of man is twofold—at one time vain confidence; then, when that is disappointed, despair. So the Jews first laughed at God's threats, confident that they should speedily return; then,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:12

12. Fulfilled ( :-, &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. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:13

13. (Leviticus 26:40-42; Leviticus 26:44; Leviticus 26:45). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:1-23

Jeremiah’s first letter to the exiles 29:1-23 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:11

The Lord’s plans for His people were for their ultimate welfare, not endless calamity. They would have a future beyond the Exile, so they could have hope. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:12-13

At the end of the Exile, God’s people would call out to Him in prayer (cf. Daniel 9; Ezra 9; Nehemiah 9). Yahweh promised to listen to them. They would find Him when they sought Him wholeheartedly. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:1-32

1-14. Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years.1. Prophets] The exiles in Babylon had also false prophets, e.g. Ahab and Zedekiah (Jeremiah 29:21), and Shemaiah (of Jeremiah 29:24) among them. But they were on the whole of a better class (see Jeremiah 24:5-7), and the prophet might hope that his words would have more effect. 2. Carpenters] RV ’craftsmen.’4-7. They are not to sit loose to the land of their exile, but to make homes for themselves there. Else they will soon... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 29:11

(11) For I know the thoughts . . .—The word used for “saith the Lord” implies that the gracious promise came to the prophet’s soul as an oracle from heaven. In the “thoughts” of God there is, perhaps, a reference to what had been said before of the Babylonian exiles in Jeremiah 24:6.To give you an expected end.—Better, to give you a future (that which is to be hereafter) and a hope. This is the literal rendering of the words, and it is far more expressive than that of the English version. An... read more

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