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You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
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Prayer as God's Initiative
Commentators explain that this verse reveals prayer as a divine gift, not just a human action. Scholars like John Calvin note that God's promise, "you shall pray," implies that God Himself, through the Holy Spirit, enables His people to call on Him. When God is about to show mercy, He first stirs a spirit of prayer in His people, turning their hearts toward Him.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Then shall ye call upon me ... —The words need no comment, but they cannot be passed over without dwelling on the infinit…
16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah pursues the same subject, namely that the Jews, after having undergone the punishment allotted to them by God, would eventually return to …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then shall you call upon me When the expected end is about to be given; when God intends and is about to bestow a me…
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Presbyterian
Let people beware how they call those prophets whom they choose according to their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to b…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he refutes the false consolations of the prophets who were consoling the captives in Babylonia.
