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Jeremiah 1:12
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12 And the Lord replied, “That’s right, and it means that I will surely carry out my threats of punishment.”[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 1:12 I will surely carry out my threats of punishment. There is a wordplay here between shaqedh (almond) in v. 11 and shoqedh (watching) in v. 12: “For I am watching over my word to perform it.”
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Jeremiah 1:12
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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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  1. Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.
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