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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”

36 “Now therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to this city about which you said, ‘It has been handed over to Babylon’s king through sword, famine, and plague’: 37 I am about to gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in My anger, rage and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.(A) 38 They will be My people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart(B) and one way so that for their good and for the good of their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.

40 “I will make an everlasting covenant with them:(C) I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of Me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from Me. 41 I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all My heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.(D)

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