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Jeremiah 24:6 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 24 · verse 6
For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.Jeremiah 24:6 · King James Version
Jeremiah 24:6 in context
4Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
5Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
6For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
8And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
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Key words (Strong's)
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
- plantnâṭaʻproperly, to strike inH5193 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- setsûwmto putH7760 →
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This short chapter helps us to put a very comfortable construction upon a great many long ones, by showing us that the same providence which to some is a savour of death unto death may by the grace and blessing of God be made to others a savour of life unto life;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10