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Jeremiah 32:42

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

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to the people of Judah during the Babylonian siege, immediately after commanding the prophet to purchase a field as a tangible sign of future return.

The words — The Hebrew כֹּה (khoh, "thus") and הֵבֵאתִי (he.Ve.ti, "I have brought") establish a direct grammatical parallel between past judgment and future blessing.

The thread — This structural symmetry appears in Jeremiah 31:28, which contrasts uprooting with planting, and reinforces Joshua 23:14’s declaration that every promised good will definitely occur.

Why it lands — The text states that divine judgment and divine restoration operate with identical certainty, requiring the reader to accept future fulfillment despite present devastation.

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The Hebrew words

כִּֽי־ki-forכֹה֙khohthusאָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysיְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka./'a.Sherjust/ asהֵבֵ֙אתִי֙he.Ve.tiI have broughtאֶל־'el-toהָעָ֣םha./'Amthe/ peopleהַזֶּ֔הha./Zeh<the>/ thisאֵ֛ת'et<obj.>כָּל־kol-allהָרָעָ֥הha./ra.'Ahthe/ calamityהַגְּדוֹלָ֖הha./ge.do.Lah<the>/ greatהַזֹּ֑אתha./Zot<the>/ thisכֵּ֣ןkensoאָנֹכִ֞י'a.no.KhiIמֵבִ֤יאme.Vi'[will] bringעֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei./Hemon/ themאֶת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-allהַטּוֹבָ֔הha./to.Vahthe/ goodאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhichאָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiIדֹּבֵ֥רdo.Ver[am] speakingעֲלֵיהֶֽם׃'a.lei./Hemto/ them

King James Version

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.

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