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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 29:14 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 29:14 |
King James |
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
to be found-- (Psa 32:6; Isa 55:6).
turn . . . captivity--play upon sounds, shabti . . . shebith. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Turn away your captivity - Or, "restore your prosperity." |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I will gather you from all the nations - A quotation from Deu 30:3, and see also Deu 4:7. |
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.