Jeremiah 42:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 1:11 : 11 Please, Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man.” Now I was cupbearer for the king.
  • Ps 106:45-46 : 45 He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love. 46 He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.

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  • 2 Chr 30:9
    79%

    9For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The LORD your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you if you return to him.”

  • Jer 42:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9Then Jeremiah said to them,“You sent me to the LORD God of Israel to make your request known to him. Here is what he says to you:

    10‘If you will just stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.

    11Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Jer 12:15
    77%

    15But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.

  • Jer 3:12
    76%

    12The Lord Calls on Israel and Judah to Repent“Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them,‘Come back to me, wayward Israel,’ says the LORD.‘I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,’ says the LORD.‘I will not be angry with you forever.

  • Jer 29:14
    75%

    14I will make myself available to you,’ says the LORD.‘Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,’ says the LORD.‘I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’

  • Jer 29:10
    75%

    10“For the LORD says,‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.

  • Deut 30:3
    75%

    3the LORD your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you.

  • Jer 30:3
    75%

    3For I, the LORD, affirm that the time will come when I will reverse the plight of my people, Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD.‘I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors and they will take possession of it once again.’”

  • Zeph 3:20
    74%

    20At that time I will lead you– at the time I gather you together. Be sure of this! I will make all the nations of the earth respect and admire you when you see me restore you,” says the LORD.

  • Ezek 39:25
    74%

    25“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name.

  • Jer 30:18
    73%

    18The Lord Will Restore Israel and Judah The LORD says,“I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.

  • Jer 15:19
    73%

    19Because of this, the LORD said,“You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.

  • Jer 42:13
    73%

    13“You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying,‘We will not stay in this land.’

  • Jer 27:22
    73%

    22He has said,‘They will be carried off to Babylon. They will remain there until it is time for me to show consideration for them again. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’ I, the LORD, affirm this!”

  • Jer 30:11
    73%

    11For I, the LORD, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”

  • Jer 40:4
    73%

    4But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. Go wherever you choose.”

  • Zech 10:6
    73%

    6“I(says the LORD) will strengthen the kingdom of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph and will bring them back because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and therefore I will hear them.

  • 2 Chr 28:11
    73%

    11Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the LORD is very angry at you!”

  • Jer 33:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.

    7I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old.

    8I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me.

  • Jer 29:12
    72%

    12When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

  • 2 Chr 6:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting,‘We have sinned and gone astray, we have done evil!’

    38When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,

  • Jer 32:42
    72%

    42“For I, the LORD, say:‘I will surely bring on these people all the good fortune that I am hereby promising them. I will be just as sure to do that as I have been in bringing all this great disaster on them.

  • Jer 32:37
    72%

    37‘I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety.

  • Jer 33:26
    72%

    26Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them.”

  • Jer 42:15
    71%

    15If you people who remain in Judah do that, then listen to the LORD’s message. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel has said,‘If you are so determined to go to Egypt that you go and settle there,

  • 1 Kgs 8:50
    71%

    50Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.

  • Jer 31:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16The LORD says to her,“Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the LORD, affirm it!

    17Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Jer 38:26
    71%

    26If they do this, tell them,‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan’s house.’”

  • Ps 85:1
    71%

    1For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O LORD, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob.

  • Jer 22:27
    71%

    27You will never come back to this land to which you will long to return!”

  • Zech 1:16
    71%

    16The Oracle of Response“‘Therefore,’ this is what the LORD has said,‘I have become compassionate toward Jerusalem and will rebuild my temple in it,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

  • Jer 29:4
    71%

    4“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says to all those he sent into exile to Babylon from Jerusalem,

  • Zech 1:3
    71%

    3Therefore say to the people: The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“Turn to me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and I will turn to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Neh 1:9
    70%

    9But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

  • Jer 28:4
    70%

    4I will also bring back to this place Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and all the exiles who were taken to Babylon.’ Indeed, the LORD affirms,‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.’”

  • Isa 54:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7“For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

    8In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the LORD.

  • Isa 14:3
    70%

    3When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

  • Jer 25:5
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    5He said through them,‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.

  • Jer 16:13
    70%

    13So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.’”

  • Ezek 36:28
    70%

    28Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Jer 29:20
    70%

    20‘So pay attention to the LORD’s message, all you exiles whom I have sent to Babylon from Jerusalem.’

  • Jer 27:11
    70%

    11Things will go better for the nation that submits to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon and is subject to him. I will leave that nation in its native land. Its people can continue to farm it and live in it. I, the LORD, affirm it!”’”

  • Lam 3:32
    70%

    32Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.