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Jeremiah 33:3

‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets. You have never heard these things before.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Answer Promised;   Prayer;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Hiding;   Israel/jews;   Knowledge;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Answers to;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for June 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.
Hebrew Names Version
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
King James Version
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
English Standard Version
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
New American Standard Bible
'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
New Century Version
‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets you have never heard before.'
Amplified Bible
'Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish.'
World English Bible
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Call vnto me, and I will answere thee, and shewe thee great and mightie things, which thou knowest not.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
Berean Standard Bible
Call to Me and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Contemporary English Version
Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don't know and can't find out.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Call out to me, and I will answer you — I will tell you great things, hidden things of which you are unaware.'"
Darby Translation
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not.
George Lamsa Translation
Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you know not.
Good News Translation
"Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvelous things that you know nothing about.
Lexham English Bible
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great things and inaccessible things that you have not known.'
Literal Translation
Call to Me, and I will answer you; and I will tell you great and inscrutable things; you do not know them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast cried vnto me, and I haue herde the: I haue shewed greate and hie thinges, which were vnknowne vnto you.
American Standard Version
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Bible in Basic English
Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and will tell thee great things, and hidden, which thou knowest not.
King James Version (1611)
Call vnto me, and I will answere thee, and shew thee great and mightie things, which thou knowest not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Crye vnto me, and I wyll aunswere, and shewe thee great and hye thinges whiche were vnknowen vnto thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices.
English Revised Version
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will shew thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Crye thou to me, and Y schal here thee, and Y schal telle to thee grete thingis, and stidfast, whiche thou knowist not.
Update Bible Version
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don't know.
Webster's Bible Translation
Call to me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
New English Translation
‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'
New King James Version
"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
New Living Translation
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
New Life Bible
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you. And I will show you great and wonderful things which you do not know.'
New Revised Standard
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Call unto me that I may answer thee, - and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.
Revised Standard Version
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things which you have not known.
Young's Literal Translation
Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things -- thou hast not known them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'

Contextual Overview

1 While Jeremiah was still locked up in the courtyard of the guards, the message from the Lord came to him a second time: 2 "The Lord made the earth, and he keeps it safe. The Lord is his name. He says, 3 ‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets. You have never heard these things before.' 4 The Lord is the God of Israel. This is what he says about the houses in Jerusalem and about the palaces of the kings of Judah: ‘The enemy will pull these houses down. They will build ramps up to the top of the city walls. They will use swords and fight the people in these cities. 5 "‘The people in Jerusalem have done many bad things. I am angry with them. I have turned against them, so I will kill many people there. The Babylonian army will come to fight against Jerusalem. There will be many dead bodies in the houses in Jerusalem. 6 "‘But then I will heal the people in that city. I will let them enjoy peace and safety. 7 I will make good things happen to Judah and Israel again and make them strong as in the past. 8 They sinned against me, but I will wash away that sin. They fought against me, but I will forgive them. 9 Then Jerusalem will be a wonderful place. The people will be happy. People from other nations will praise it when they hear about the good things happening there. They will hear about the good things I am doing for Jerusalem.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Call: Jeremiah 29:12, Deuteronomy 4:7, Deuteronomy 4:29, 1 Kings 8:47-50, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15, Psalms 145:18, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 65:24, Joel 2:32, Luke 11:9, Luke 11:10, Acts 2:21, Romans 10:12, Romans 10:13, 1 Corinthians 1:2

show: Micah 7:15, Ephesians 3:20

mighty: Heb. hidden, Psalms 25:14, Isaiah 45:3, Isaiah 48:6, Amos 3:7, Matthew 13:35, 1 Corinthians 2:7-11, Revelation 2:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:9 - for I Judges 3:15 - cried unto 1 Samuel 23:9 - Bring 1 Samuel 23:11 - And the Lord 2 Kings 13:4 - the Lord 2 Kings 19:4 - lift up 2 Kings 19:20 - I have heard 1 Chronicles 4:10 - called 1 Chronicles 21:26 - and called Ezra 8:23 - besought Job 12:4 - calleth Job 33:26 - pray Psalms 56:9 - When Psalms 86:5 - unto all Psalms 107:19 - General Psalms 108:6 - and answer me Isaiah 22:11 - ye have Isaiah 30:19 - he will Isaiah 45:11 - Ask Lamentations 2:7 - given up Daniel 2:18 - they would Daniel 9:3 - I set Joel 2:21 - for Zechariah 10:6 - for I am Matthew 7:7 - and it Philippians 4:6 - in James 5:16 - The effectual 1 John 3:22 - whatsoever 1 John 5:14 - if

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
He looked up and saw three men standing in front of him. When he saw the men, he ran to them and bowed before them.
Genesis 33:11
So I beg you to also accept the gifts I give you. God has been very good to me. I have more than I need." Because Jacob begged Esau to take the gifts, he accepted them.
Genesis 33:12
Then Esau said, "Now you can continue your journey. I will go with you."
Genesis 42:6
Joseph was the governor of Egypt at the time. He was the one who checked the sale of grain to people who came to Egypt to buy it. Joseph's brothers came to him and bowed before him.
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, the brothers gave him the gifts they had brought with them. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.
1 Samuel 2:5
People who had plenty of food in the past must now work to get food. But those who were hungry in the past now grow fat on food. The woman who was not able to have children now has seven children. But the woman who had many children is sad because her children are gone.
Proverbs 6:3
You will be under the power of other people, so you must go and free yourself. Beg them to free you from that debt.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
Don't quit your job simply because the boss is angry with you. If you remain calm and helpful, you can correct even great mistakes.
Luke 14:11
Everyone who makes themselves important will be made humble. But everyone who makes themselves humble will be made important."
John 10:4
He brings all of his sheep out. Then he goes ahead of them and leads them. The sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Call unto me, and I will answer thee,.... This is spoken not to Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it; but to the prophet, encouraging him to seek the Lord by prayer, promising an answer to him. So the Targum,

"pray before me, and I will receive thy prayer:''

and show thee great and mighty things; or, "fortified ones" p; which are like fortified cities, that cannot easily be come at, unless the gates are opened to enter into; and designs such as are difficult of understanding, which exceed human belief, and which reason cannot comprehend and take in; and such are the great things of the Gospel. Some copies read it, "things reserved" q; as the Targum; and so Jarchi, who interprets it of things future, of things reserved in the heart of God, and which he purposed to do; and very rightly:

which thou knowest not; until revealed; and from hence it appears, that by these great and hidden things are not meant the destruction of Jerusalem, and the seventy years' captivity, and return from that, things which Jeremiah had been made acquainted with time after time, and had prophesied of them; but spiritual blessings hereafter mentioned, some of which the deliverance from Babylon were typical of Ben Melech interprets these of comforts great and strong.

p בצרות "munita", Vatablus, Paganinus, Montanus; "fortia", Tigurine version. q נצרות "abstrusa", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "recondita", so some in Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mighty things - Or, as in the margin. The words are probably a quotation from Isaiah 48:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 33:3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee — To me alone it belongs to reveal what is future; and the stupendous things which are now coming are known only to myself. These idolaters go to their gods to get information relative to the issue of the present commotions; but there is no light in them. Ask thou, O Jeremiah, and I will tell thee the great and mighty things which even thou knowest not.


 
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