11The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. …
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. …
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-14)Jeremiah has now returned from his public work and retired into his closet; what passed between him and his God there we have an account of in these and the following verses, which he published afterwards, to affect the people with the weight and importance of his messages to them. Here is, I. The complaint which the prophet makes to God of the many discouragements he met with in his work, Jer. 15…
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