Jeremiah 29:12
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
To make the people quiet and easy in their captivity,
I. God takes them off from building upon the false foundation which their pretended prophets laid, Jer 29:8, Jer 29:9. They told them that their…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The MT. is awkward, as it stands. The LXX have merely "and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you."
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