Jeremiah 29:12 (LSB)

Passage

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:10 “For thus says Yahweh, ‘When seventy years have been fulfilled for Babylon, I will visit you and establish My good word to you, to return you to this place.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘plans for peace and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:14 I will be found by you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will return your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have banished you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will cause you to return to the place from where I sent you into exile.’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "call", "upon", "come", "pray", and "listen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "call" and "upon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For I know the plans that I..." into verse 13's "You will seek Me and find Me...", so "call" and "upon" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "call" and "upon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.