They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God
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"Now therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, 'It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence':
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'Behold, I will p gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them q to dwell safely.
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'They shall be r My people, and I will be their God;
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'then I will s give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.
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'And t I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but u I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.
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'Yes, v I will rejoice over them to do them good, and w I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.'
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"For thus says the LORD: x 'Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.
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'And fields will be bought in this land y of which you say, "It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
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'Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in z the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for a I will cause their captives to return,' says the LORD."
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:3
That the LORD your God will bring you back from...
Jeremiah 23:3
But I will gather the remnant of My flock out o...
Jeremiah 29:14
I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I wi...
Jeremiah 31:10
"Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And decl...
Jeremiah 50:19
But I will bring back Israel to his home, And h...
Ezekiel 37:21
Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Sur...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 33:16
In those days Judah will be saved, And Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 24:7
Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 30:22
'You shall be My people, And I will be your God.'"
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 24:7
Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
Ezekiel 11:19
Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh.
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Cross References
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you - The sure mercies of David.
Jeremiah 31:31
Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah -
Ezekiel 37:26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:8
"And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."
Ezekiel 39:29
'And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord GOD."
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:9
The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the LORD will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a virgin, So shall your sons marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So shall your God rejoice over you.
Isaiah 65:19
I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.
Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 24:6
For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD.
Amos 9:15
I will plant them in their land, And no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them," Says the LORD your God.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD.
Zechariah 8:14
For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Just as I determined to punish you When your fathers provoked Me to wrath,' Says the LORD of hosts, 'And I would not relent.
Zechariah 8:15
So again in these days I am determined to do good To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 33:10
Thus says the LORD: 'Again there shall be heard in this place - of which you say, "It is desolate, without man and without beast" - in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 17:26
And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the lowland, from the mountains and from the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing sacrifices of praise to the house of the LORD.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 33:7
And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places as at the first.
Jeremiah 33:11
The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: "Praise the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His mercy endures forever" - and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,' says the LORD.
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