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Yahweh said, Most assuredly I will strengthen you for good; most assuredly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
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God's Promise in Pain
In response to Jeremiah's despair, God makes a solemn, personal promise. Commentators agree this is a direct assurance to the prophet that despite his current suffering, the remainder of his life ('thy remnant') will ultimately be for his good. This shows that God sustains His servants through affliction with a promise of a positive final outcome.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shall be well with thy remnant - Or, your release shall be for good; in the sense of being set free, deliverance.
To entreat thee …
19th Century
Anglican
Verily it shall be well with thy remnant.—The passage is obscure, and the reading uncertain. As better renderings, the fo…
16th Century
Protestant
God at the beginning of this verse no doubt indicates that He would be gracious to His servant and grant him what he asked. We then conclude that t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord saidIn answer to the prophet's complaint: verily it shall be well with your remnant
Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they should have blessed him and thanked God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to th…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet prays for himself, as if despairing of the people.
He gives his own lament and then describes the disc…
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