Jeremiah 42:12
10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
13 But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
14 and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
- KJV
- And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
- WEB
- I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.
- ASV
- And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
- DARBY
- And I will grant mercies to you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
- BLB
- And I will give to you⁺ compassion, that he may have compassion on you⁺ and return you⁺ to your⁺ own land.’
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil la dere finne barmhjertighet, og han skal forbarme seg over dere og la dere vende tilbake til deres land.
- OTB
- Jeg vil vise dere medfølelse, så han vil ha barmhjertighet med dere og føre dere tilbake til deres eget land.’
- B1930
- Og jeg vil la eder finne barmhjertighet, og han skal forbarme sig over eder og la eder vende tilbake til eders land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 106:45–46
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
Read in contextProverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Read in contextNehemiah 1:11
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
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