Jeremiah 29 · Verse 12

Jeremiah 29:12

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Jeremiah 29:12, King James Version

Jeremiah 29:12 in other translations

BSBThen you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
WEBYou shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
ASVAnd ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
YLT‘And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
DARBYAnd ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
BBEAnd you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
WebsterThen shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray to me, and I will hearken to you.

What does Jeremiah 29:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 29:8-19

Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it…

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Jeremiah 29:12 in the original Hebrew

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וּקְרָאתֶ֤םu.ke.ra.Temand you will call onH7121
אֹתִי֙'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּ֔םva.ha.lakh.Temand you will comeH1980
וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖םve.hit.pa.lal.Temand you will prayH6419
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413
וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖יve.sha.ma'.Tiand I will listenH8085
אֲלֵיכֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Khemto youH413

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 29:12

  • Matthew 7:7-8

    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

  • Jeremiah 33:3

    Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • Psalms 145:19

    He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

  • Psalms 10:17

    Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

  • Isaiah 65:24

    And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • Jeremiah 31:9

    They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  • Isaiah 30:19

    For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.

  • Daniel 9:3-19

    And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. …

  • Ezekiel 36:37

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

  • Psalms 102:16-17

    When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
31:9; 33:3; Ne 2:4-20; Ps 10:17; 50:15; 102:16,17; Isa 30:19; 65:24
Eze 36:37; Da 9:3-19; Zec 13:9; Mt 7:7,8

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Context

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For 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.

  • Jeremiah 29:12

    Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

  • Jeremiah 29:13

    And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

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Jeremiah 29:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces me invocaréis, é iréis y oraréis á mí, y yo os oiré:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous m’invoquerez, et vous irez, et me supplierez, et je vous écouterai;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr werdet mich anrufen und hingehen und zu mir beten, und ich werde auf euch hören.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et invocabitis me, et ibitis: et orabitis me, et ego exaudiam vos.