Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
What does Jeremiah 29:12 mean?
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.
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Keep this verse inside Jeremiah 29:10-14 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Jeremiah 29:12
Then shall ye call upon me,....
Context in Jeremiah 29
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Jeremiah 29 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as book of consolation and new covenant. Jeremiah combines fierce warning, autobiographical anguish, symbolic action, the promise of a new covenant, and the trauma of Jerusalem’s fall. Read this chapter with the wider themes of judgment, tears, and new covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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