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12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it.”

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12 And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching,[a] and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 The Hebrew word for “watching” (shoqed) sounds like the word for “almond tree” (shaqed).

12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for (A)I am [a]watching over My word to perform it.”

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  1. Jeremiah 1:12 Heb shoqed, a wordplay on almond in v 11 (see note v 11)

12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[a](A) to see that my word is fulfilled.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.