Jeremiah 42:12
Good News Translation
Because I am merciful, I will make him have mercy on you and let you go back home. I, the LORD, have spoken.'

New Revised Standard Version
I will grant you mercy, and he will have mercy on you and restore you to your native soil.

Contemporary English Version
and I will even force him to have mercy on you and give back your farms.

New American Bible
I will take pity on you, so that he will have pity on you and let you return to your land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land.

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And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land.

Nehemiah 1:11 I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Psalm 106:45,46 And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. . . .

Proverbs 16:7 When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

Context
Warning Against Going to Egypt
11Fear not because of the king of Babylon, of whom you are greatly afraid: fear him not, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. 12And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land.13But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,…
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:11
I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Psalm 106:46
And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.

Proverbs 16:7
When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

Jeremiah 42:11
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