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Jeremiah 42:12

Jeremiah 42:12 is verse 12 of Jeremiah chapter 42, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’

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King James Version

And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

World English Bible

I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.

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Jeremiah 42:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

12 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,’

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Hebrew words

וְאֶתֵּ֥ןso I may give לָכֶ֛םto <the> you רַחֲמִ֖יםcompassion<s>וְרִחַ֣םand he will have compassion on אֶתְכֶ֑ם<obj.> you וְהֵשִׁ֥יבand he will restore אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you אֶלto אַדְמַתְכֶֽםland your

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Nehemiah 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.)

Psalms 106:45
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Psalms 106:46
He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

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