“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”
- KJV Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
- NKJV Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”
- NASB Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.”
- NLT And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”
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Quick answer
God affirms Jeremiah's sight and pledges to watch over His word to fulfill it. God guarantees that His word will come to pass.
Overview
Through the almond-branch pun, Yahweh declares He is watching to perform His word. The vision assures Jeremiah that every prophecy will surely be carried out, however long it takes. This certainty undergirds all of Scripture, for God's word never returns empty but accomplishes His purpose.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ezek 12:28Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezek 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezek 12:22–23“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
- Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
- Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
- Deut 5:28And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
- Deut 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Deut 18:17Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
- Jer 52:1–34Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
- Jer 39:1–18In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
- Luke 20:39Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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