Jeremiah 29:12

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 29:11-13

DISCOURSE: 1064GOD WILL BE FOUND OF SINCERE WORSHIPPERSJeremiah 29:11-13. I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.THE calamities which God inflicts upon mankind in this world are intended to bring them to repentance; and though he often... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Chapter 29Now Jeremiah sent this letter, chapter 29, to those Jews that were in Babylon. And, of course, this letter was sent to them and one of the chief of the princes that was in Babylon was Daniel. So Daniel was the one, no doubt, that received this letter from Jeremiah. Daniel was a captive in Babylon at the time, and this letter was sent by the prophet Jeremiah to those captives. Now, of course, Jeremiah is an older man at this point whereas Daniel is quite a young man at this point.Now... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Jeremiah 29:10 . After seventy years. See Jeremiah 26:1. Zechariah fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished sometime after Jeremiah’s death. No doubt the captivity was exactly seventy years from the fourth year of Jehoiakim, when Jeconiah, the heir apparent, with about twenty thousand of the guards, the nobles, and artisans was carried to Babylon. As to the difficulties of the chronology which seem to make more than seventy years, they belong to critics, and they... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 29:8-13

Jeremiah 29:8-13I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.The thoughts of God to His people, peace and not evilThese words were addressed to the Jews, when they were captives in Babylon. It is very delightful when we have kind thoughts of our fellow-men; for suspicion is always a great misery. But it is especially delightful to have kind thoughts of God, when we possess enlarged and noble conceptions of His... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:12

Jer 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. Ver. 12. Then shall ye call upon me. ] With mind and mouth, with spirit and speech, as Daniel did, Dan 9:3 and as but few others did, during the captivity, as is confessed. Dan 9:13 And go and pray unto me. ] Go into your closets, or other oratories, where you shall pour out your hearts unto me. And I will hearken unto you. ] Which shall be a surer seal of my love than your return from... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 29:12

Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 33:3, Nehemiah 2:4-Proverbs :, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 102:16, Psalms 102:17, Isaiah 30:19, Isaiah 65:24, Ezekiel 36:37, Daniel 9:3-Psalms :, Zechariah 13:9, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8 Reciprocal: Genesis 13:4 - called Leviticus 26:39 - shall pine Deuteronomy 4:29 - But if Judges 3:15 - cried unto 1 Kings 8:48 - And so return 2 Chronicles 6:38 - return 2 Chronicles 14:7 - we have sought 2 Chronicles 15:2 - if ye seek him 2 Chronicles 15:12 - seek 2 Chronicles... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:1-23

LETTER TO THE EXILES, 1-23. To complete the history of this conflict between Jeremiah and those like Hananiah, who promised to the Jews the speedy downfall of Nebuchadnezzar’s power and the consequent restoration of those who had gone into captivity, there is given in this chapter the letter which Jeremiah wrote to those in Babylon to correct the false hopes which had sprung up there. As was to be expected, there was the same uneasiness at Babylon as at Jerusalem. The eager desire of these... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:12

12. Go and pray The simple and obvious meaning is the true one. Go to the place of prayer, suggesting an organized religious life. Devout souls will be sure to find places of holy convocation. See Deuteronomy 4:29-30; Deuteronomy 30:1-5. read more

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