They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God

36 “Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, (A)‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: 37 (B)Behold, I will gather them from all the countries (C)to which I drove them in (D)my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, (E)and I will make them dwell in safety. 38 (F)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 (G)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (H)for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 (I)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (J)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. 41 (K)I will rejoice in doing them good, (L)and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

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36 “So now therefore,[a] thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, of which you are saying, ‘It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the plague’: 37 Look, I am going to gather them from all the lands to which I driven them in my anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath, and I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell in safety.[b] 38 And they will be for me a people, and I will be for them God. 39 And I will give to them one heart and one way, to revere me forever,[c] for good to them, and to their children after them. 40 And I will make[d] with them an everlasting covenant[e] that I will not turn away from them, my doing good to them, and my reverence I will put in their hearts[f] so that they will not turn aside from me. 41 And I will rejoice over them to do good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness with all my heart, and with all my inner self.”[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:36 Literally “to thus”
  2. Jeremiah 32:37 Literally “with confidence”
  3. Jeremiah 32:39 Literally “all the days”
  4. Jeremiah 32:40 Literally “cut”
  5. Jeremiah 32:40 Literally “a covenant of eternity”
  6. Jeremiah 32:40 Hebrew “heart”
  7. Jeremiah 32:41 Or “soul”