12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: …
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)To make the people quiet and easy in their captivity, I. God takes them off from building upon the false foundation which their pretended prophets laid, Jer. 29:8 , 9 . They told them that their captivity should be short, and therefore that they must not think of taking root in Babylon, but be upon the wing to go back: “Now herein they deceive you ,” says God; “they prophesy a lie to you , though…
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