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Jeremiah 29

Jer. 29:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then shall ye call
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
v upon me, and ye shall go
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
and pray
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, and I will hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
x unto you.
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Neh. 2:4• 4The king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. (Neh. 2:4)
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Dan. 9:3• 3{i}And I set my face unto{/i} the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. (Dan. 9:3)
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Isa. 65:24• 24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isa. 65:24)

Cross References

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Jer. 31:9• 9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. (Jer. 31:9)
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Jer. 33:3• 3call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. (Jer. 33:3)
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Neh. 2:4‑20• 4The king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
 5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
 6And the king said unto me (the queen also sitting by him), For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
 7Moreover, I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
 8and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
 9{i}And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.{/i}
 10{i}And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.{/i}
 11{i}And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.{/i}
 12So, I arose in the night. I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
 13{i}And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.{/i}
 14{i}And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.{/i}
 15{i}And I went up in the night through the valley, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate and returned.{/i}
 16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, {i}nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers{/i}, nor to the rest that did the work.
 17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, {i}and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.{/i}
 18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was upon me; {i}as also of the king's words which he had said unto me. And they said{/i}, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
 19But when Sanballat, the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem, the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, {i}and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?{/i}
 20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we, his servants, will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem. (Neh. 2:4‑20)
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Psa. 10:17• 17The desire of the afflicted thou hast heard, O Jehovah;{HR}Thou strengthenest their heart, thou causest thine ear to hearken, (Psa. 10:17)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble:{HR}I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 102:16‑17• 16For Jehovah hath built Zion,{HR}He is seen in his glory,
 17He turned unto the prayer of the destitute one,{HR}And despised not their prayer. (Psa. 102:16‑17)
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Isa. 30:19• 19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. Thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; as he heareth it, he will answer thee. (Isa. 30:19)
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Isa. 65:24• 24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isa. 65:24)
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Ezek. 36:37• 37Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. (Ezek. 36:37)
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Dan. 9:3‑19• 3{i}And I set my face unto{/i} the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
 4And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments,
 5we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, {i}and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy commandments and from thine ordinances.{/i}
 6{i}And we have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.{/i}
 7{i}Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee.{/i}
 8{i}O Lord, unto us is confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.{/i}
 9{i}With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;{/i}
 10{i}and we have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us through his servants the prophets.{/i}
 11{i}And all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside so as not to listen unto thy voice. And the curse hath been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God: for we have sinned against him.{/i}
 12{i}And he hath performed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that there hath not been done under the whole heaven as hath been done upon Jerusalem.{/i}
 13{i}As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet we besought not Jehovah our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.{/i}
 14{i}And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice.{/i}
 15{i}—And now, O Lord our God, who broughtest thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and hast made thee a name, as it is this day, —we have sinned, we have done wickedly.{/i}
 16{i}Lord, according to all thy righteousnesses, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; for because of our sins, and because of the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all round about us.{/i}
 17{i}And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.{/i}
 18{i}Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies.{/i}
 19{i}Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, hearken and do! defer not, for thine own sake, O my God! for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.{/i} (Dan. 9:3‑19)
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Zech. 13:9• 9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. {i}They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.{/i} (Zech. 13:9)
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Matt. 7:7‑8• 7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
 8For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. (Matt. 7:7‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;

W. Kelly Translation

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Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.