Jeremiah 29:14

I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses the Jewish exiles in Babylon through Jeremiah, directly responding to false claims that He has raised up prophets to validate their foreign settlement.

The words — The text foregrounds nimTzeTi (I will let myself be found) and shavTi (I will turn back/restore), establishing that recovery and return originate from divine action, not human effort.

The thread — This explicit pledge to restore exiles from scattered nations runs parallel to Jeremiah 30:3 and reinforces the covenantal demand to know God wholeheartedly stated in 1 Chronicles 28:9.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to abandon self-generated religious certainty and recognize that God alone initiates recovery and dictates the timing of return.

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The Hebrew words

וְנִמְצֵ֣אתִיve./nim.Tze.tiand/ I will let myself be foundלָכֶם֮la./Khemby <the>/ youנְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance of יְהוָה֒Yah.wehYahweh וְשַׁבְתִּ֣יve./shav.Tiand/ I will turn back אֶת־'et-<obj.>שְׁבוּתְכֶ֗םshe.vi.te./khemcaptivity/ your וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יve./ki.batz.Tiand/ I will gather אֶ֠תְכֶם'Et./khem<obj.>/ you מִֽכָּל־mi./kolfrom/ all הַגּוֹיִ֞םha./go.Yimthe/ nations וּמִכָּל־u./mi./kol-and/ from/ all הַמְּקוֹמ֗וֹתha./me.ko.Motthe/ places אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherwhere הִדַּ֧חְתִּיhi.Dach.tiI banished אֶתְכֶ֛ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ you שָׁ֖םshamthere נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance of יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֣יva./ha.shi.vo.Tiand/ I will bring back אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ you אֶל־'el-to הַ֨מָּק֔וֹםha./ma.Komthe/ place אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-where הִגְלֵ֥יתִיhig.Lei.tiI sent into exile אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et./Khem<obj.>/ you מִשָּֽׁם׃mi./Shamfrom/ there

King James Version

And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 36:1 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
Jeremiah 30:3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Micah 4:12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
Romans 10:20 And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
Deuteronomy 30:3 then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
2 Chronicles 15:12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
Psalms 32:6 Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Psalms 46:1 For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Psalms 126:1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.