Devine Scripture

Jeremiah 31:2

Jeremiah chapter 31 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.1At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

v.2This passage

v.3Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 136:16

    To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

  • Deuteronomy 1:30

    Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

  • Psalms 78:52

    But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

  • Exodus 1:22

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

  • Hebrews 4:8

    For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.