Israel

Jeremiah 31:1-14

Jeremiah · ~600 BC · Status: Disputed · Evidence weight: 60%
“At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 14 verses are below
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The New Covenant formula 'I will be their God and they will be my people' applied to all Israel's families at the restoration.

Read the whole passage — all 14 verses (KJV)

31:1At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

31:2Thus 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.

31:3The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

31:4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

31:5Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

31:6For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

31:7For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

31:8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

31:10Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

31:11For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

31:12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

31:14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

Fulfillment References

Mark 10:45 Hebrews 8:10

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'I have loved thee with an everlasting love' (v. 3) — the heart of the chapter that gives us the new covenant (31:31). God gathers His people 'from the north,' ransoms Jacob, turns mourning to joy. The everlasting love that gathers and ransoms is fulfilled in the Lord Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom (Mark 10:45); the God who loves Israel with everlasting love is God come in flesh to redeem.
JewishGod's everlasting love for Israel — regathering them from the north with weeping turned to joy, ransoming and satisfying them; tender restoration before the new-covenant oracle.
CatholicGod's everlasting love and the regathering of His people, fulfilled in Christ's ransom and the new covenant.
ProtestantThe everlasting love of God, the ransom of His people in Christ (Mark 10:45), framing the new covenant of Jeremiah 31:31.
AcademicThe opening of Jeremiah's Book of Consolation; 'everlasting love,' regathering, and reversal of grief lead to the new-covenant climax.
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