Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Study Note
Study Note
The invitation 'call to me and I will answer you, and tell you great and hidden things you do not know' comes during Jeremiah's imprisonment, amid the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. The verse grounds intercessory prayer in divine responsiveness and divine superior knowledge — the one who answers knows what the asker does not. 'Unsearchable/hidden' translates 'betsurot' — things that are fortified, inaccessible, beyond human ability to reach. The contrast between Jeremiah's confinement and the expansiveness of divine knowledge available through prayer makes this verse a paradigm for prayer in circumstances of helplessness.
Other Translations
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.
Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
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