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Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Jeremiah 33:3 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB ‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.’
  • BSB Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
  • NKJV ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
  • NASB ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
  • NLT Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

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Quick answer

God invites Jeremiah to call to Him and promises to answer and reveal great, hidden things. It is a gracious call to prayer with the promise of deeper revelation.

Overview

God invites His servant to seek Him in prayer, pledging to disclose 'great and difficult things' otherwise unknown. This shows that God reveals His purposes to those who call upon Him. The promise points beyond Jeremiah to the fuller revelation of God's saving plan in Christ, in whom the previously hidden mystery is now made known (Eph. 3:4-6).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • Jer 29:12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
  • Isa 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • Eph 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Isa 48:6Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
  • Ps 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
  • Luke 11:9–10And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
  • Ps 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Deut 4:29But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
  • Ps 145:18The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
  • Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Rom 10:12–13For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
  • Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  • Acts 2:21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Deut 4:7For 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?
  • 1 Cor 2:7–11But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
  • Isa 45:3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
  • Ps 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
  • Rev 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
  • Matt 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  • Mic 7:15According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
  • Joel 2:32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
  • 1 Kgs 8:47–50Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
  • 1 Cor 1:2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Resources, by level

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Jeremiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on JeremiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

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.

How Jeremiah 33:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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