Jeremiah 32:42

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“For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.”

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BSBPD

“For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`For thus said Jehovah: As I brought in unto this people all this great evil, so I am bringing in on them all the good that I am speaking concerning them;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 32:42 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 23:14Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
  2. Joshua 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
  3. Jeremiah 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 33:10This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
  5. Jeremiah 33:14Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
  6. Zechariah 8:14For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,
  7. Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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