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Jeremiah 1:12
“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Jeremiah immediately after the prophet reports a vision of an almond tree branch. The exchange occurs within a sequence of prophetic sign-visions where God prompts Jeremiah to identify what he sees.
The words — שֹׁקֵד (sho.Ked) denotes active watching or keeping watch, and הֵיטַבְתָּ (hei.Tav.ta) literally means you have done well or observed correctly. These terms anchor God's response to Jeremiah's accurate visual report.
The thread — The theme of God's unwavering fulfillment of His speech appears in Ezekiel 12:25 and 12:28, where Yahweh declares He will speak and accomplish His word without delay. This follows Ezekiel 12:22, where God confronts a prophetic proverb claiming visions fail over time.
Why it lands — The text asserts that God's vigilant oversight of His spoken word guarantees its accomplishment, regardless of human perception of delay. A reader must accept the certainty of divine speech as the basis for trusting subsequent prophetic declarations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 12:28 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 12:25 because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 12:22 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
- Luke 10:28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
- Deuteronomy 5:28 And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
- Amos 8:2 “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
- Deuteronomy 18:17 Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Jeremiah 52:1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
- Luke 20:39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”