I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh. I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
Jeremiah 29:12 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:13 You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:14 I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh. I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
Jeremiah 29:15 Because you have said, “Yahweh has raised us up prophets in Babylon;”
Jeremiah 29:16 Yahweh says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity;
The verse centers on "found", "says", "yahweh", "turn", "again", "captivity", "gather", and "nations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "found" and "says", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 13's "You shall seek me and find me..." into verse 15's "Because you have said Yahweh has raised...", so "found" and "says" 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 "found" and "says" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.