Jeremiah 31:2

1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”

3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

4 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
KJV
Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
WEB
The LORD says, “The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
DARBY
Thus saith Jehovah: The people [that were] left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, [even] Israel, when I go to give him rest.
BLB
Thus says YHWH: “The people surviving the sword found grace in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
ÅB
Så sier Herren: Det folk som er undkommet fra sverdet, har funnet nåde i ørkenen; jeg vil gå og føre Israel til ro.
OTB
Dette sier Herren: "Folket som overlevde sverdet, fant nåde i ørkenen; jeg kom for å gi Israel hvile."
B1930
Så sier Herren: Det folk som er undkommet fra sverdet, har funnet nåde i ørkenen; jeg vil gå og føre Israel til ro.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 95:11

    So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

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  • Numbers 10:33

    So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:33

    who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.

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  • Matthew 11:28

    Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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  • Isaiah 63:7–14

    I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

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  • Psalms 78:23–29

    Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.

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  • Exodus 17:8–13

    After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:7

    Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

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