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Jeremiah 1:12

Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jeremiah;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Word;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Almond Tree;   Jeremiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Bozrah;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Almond;   Isaiah, Book of;   Vision;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Almond, Almond Tree;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Almond tree;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Almond Tree;   ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Almond Tree;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Almond;   Haste;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Day of the Lord;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over my word to accomplish it.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then said the LORD to me, You have well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.
King James Version
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
English Standard Version
Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it."
New Century Version
The Lord said to me, "You have seen correctly, because I am watching to make sure my words come true."
World English Bible
Then said Yahweh to me, You have well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide the Lorde vnto me, Thou hast seene aright: for I will hasten my worde to performe it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to do it."
Berean Standard Bible
"You have observed correctly," said the LORD, "for I am watching over My word to accomplish it."
Contemporary English Version
"That's right," the Lord replied, "and I always rise early to keep a promise."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Adonai said to me, "You have seen well, because I am watching to fulfill my word."
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said unto me, Thou hast well seen; for I am watchful over my word to perform it.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to me, "You have seen very well, and I am watching to make sure that my message to you comes true."
George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD said to me, You have well seen; for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Good News Translation
"You are right," the Lord said, "and I am watching to see that my words come true."
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "You did well to see, for I am watching over my word to perform it."
Literal Translation
Then Jehovah said to me, You have seen well; for I will watch over My Word to perform it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde ye LORDE: thou hast sene right, for I will watch diligently vpon my worde, to perfourme it.
American Standard Version
Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said the LORD unto me: 'Thou hast well seen; for I watch over My word to perform it.'
King James Version (1611)
Then said the Lord vnto me, Thou hast well seene: for I will hasten my word to performe it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: thou hast seene ryght, for I wyll make haste speedyly vpon my worde to performe it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to me, Thou hast well seen: for I have watched over my words to perform them.
English Revised Version
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y seide, Y se a yerde wakynge. And the Lord seide to me, Thou hast seen wel, for Y schal wake on my word, to do it.
Update Bible Version
Then Yahweh said to me, You have well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said the LORD to me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
New English Translation
Then the Lord said, "You have observed correctly. This means I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out."
New King James Version
Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word."
New Living Translation
And the Lord said, "That's right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans."
New Life Bible
Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching to see that My Word is completed."
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto me - Thou hast rightly seen, - for keeping watch, am I over my word to perform it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it.
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, `Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My word to do it.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it."

Contextual Overview

11The word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see the branch of an almond tree." 12Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it."13The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, tilting away from the north [its mouth about to pour out on the south, on Judea]." 14Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil [which the prophets foretold as the result of national sin] will reveal itself and spill out on all the people of the land. 15"For, behold, I will call all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north," says the LORD; "and they will come and each one will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its surrounding walls, and against all the cities of Judah [as My judicial act, the consequence of Judah's deliberate disobedience]. 16"I will speak My judgments against them for all the wickedness of those who have abandoned (rejected) Me, offered sacrifices or burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the [idolatrous] works of their own hands. 17"But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins [in preparation]! Get up and tell them all which I command you. Do not be distraught and break down at the sight of their [hostile] faces, or I will bewilder you before them and allow you to be overcome. 18"Now behold, I have made you today like a fortified city and like an iron pillar and like bronze walls against the whole land—against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its leaders, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome]. 19"They will fight against you, but they will not [ultimately] prevail over you, for I am with you [always] to protect you and deliver you," says the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou hast: Deuteronomy 5:28, Deuteronomy 18:17, Luke 10:28, Luke 20:39

I will: Jeremiah 39:1-18, Jeremiah 52:1-34, Deuteronomy 32:35, Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 12:23, Ezekiel 12:25, Ezekiel 12:28, Amos 8:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:33 - like unto Jeremiah 48:16 - near Lamentations 4:18 - our end is near Ezekiel 11:3 - It is not John 13:13 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that this was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.
Genesis 1:11
So God said, "Let the earth sprout [tender] vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind, whose seed is in them upon the earth"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind: livestock, crawling things, and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds"; and it was so [because He had spoken them into creation].
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth."
Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, So the Lord GOD will [most certainly] cause righteousness and justice and praise To spring up before all the nations [through the power of His word].
Mark 4:28
"The earth produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head [of grain], then the mature grain in the head.
Luke 6:44
"For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit. For figs are not picked from thorn bushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a briar bush.
2 Corinthians 9:10
Now He who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed for sowing [that is, your resources] and increase the harvest of your righteousness [which shows itself in active goodness, kindness, and love].
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the Lord unto me, thou hast well seen,.... The thing seen is a very proper emblem of what I am about to do, and the quick dispatch that will be made therein:

for l will hasten my word to perform it; the words שקד אני, "shoked ani", "I will hasten", or "I am hastening", are in allusion to

שקד, "shoked", the name of the almond tree in Hebrew; which is so called because it is quick and early, and, as it were, hastens to bring forth its flowers, leaves, and fruit; in like manner the Lord says he would hasten to perform what he had said or should say by him concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, and the captivity of the people, and every thing else he should give him in commission to say. Jarchi and Abendana make mention of an ancient Midrash, or exposition, to this sense; that from the time of the almond tree's putting forth, until its fruit is ripe, are one and twenty days, according to the number of days which were between the seventeenth of Tammuz, in which the city was broken up, and the ninth of Ab, in which the temple was burnt; but though the almond tree is the first of trees, and is very early in putting forth, yet there is a greater time than this between its putting forth and its fruit being ripe; for Pliny s says, that the almond tree first of all flowers in January, and its fruit is ripe in March.

s Nat. Hist. l. 16. c. 25.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hasten - Rather, I watch over “my word to perform it.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 1:12. I will hasten my word — Here is a paronomasia. What dost thou see? I see שקד shaked, "an almond," the hastening tree: that which first awakes. Thou hast well seen, for (שקד shoked) I will hasten my word. I will awake, or watch over my word for the first opportunity to inflict the judgments which I threaten. The judgment shall come speedily; it shall soon flourish, and come to maturity.


 
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