THEOSISJeremiah 39:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.
קָחֶ֗נּוּ וְעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ שִׂ֣ים עָלָ֔יו וְאַל־תַּ֥עַשׂ ל֖וֹ מְא֣וּמָה רָּ֑ע כִּ֗י אם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֔יךָ כֵּ֖ן עֲשֵׂ֥ה עִמּֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 16:7When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.
- Jer 40:4Now then behold I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come: and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here: behold all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose, and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go.
- Ps 105 (104):14
- Ps 105 (104):15
- Prov 21:1As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it.
- Amos 9:4And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
- Jer 24:6And I will set my eyes upon them to be pacified, and I will bring them again into this land: and I will build them up, and not pull them down: and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- 1 Pet 3:12Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers but the countenance of the Lord upon them that do evil things.