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Jeremiah 1:12

Jeremiah 1:12
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

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,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 1:11-19

Here, I. God gives Jeremiah, in vision, a view of the principal errand he was to go upon, which was to foretel the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

I watch over The Hebrew word recurs in Jer 5:6; Jer 31:28; Jer 44:27. Here the sense is, The Lord is rousing Himself.…