Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. New Living Translation Long ago the LORD said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. English Standard Version the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. New King James Version The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. New American Standard Bible The LORD appeared to him long ago, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with kindness. NASB 1995 The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. NASB 1977 The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Amplified Bible The LORD appeared to me (Israel) from ages past, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you. Christian Standard Bible the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you. Holman Christian Standard Bible the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you. American Standard Version Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English From a distance LORD JEHOVAH appeared to me and he said to me: “The love of eternity has loved you; because of this, I have dragged you to grace Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn thee in compassion. Contemporary English Version Some time ago, the LORD appeared to me and told me to say: Israel, I will always love you; that's why I've been so patient and kind. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee. English Revised Version The LORD appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD appeared to me in a faraway place and said, "I love you with an everlasting love. So I will continue to show you my kindness. Good News Translation I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love. International Standard Version The LORD appeared to Israel from far away and said, "I've loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I've drawn you with gracious love. JPS Tanakh 1917 From afar the LORD appeared unto me.' 'Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; Therefore with affection have I drawn thee. Literal Standard Version YHWH has appeared to me from afar, “I have loved you with perpetual love, | Therefore I have drawn you [with] kindness. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible from afar the LORD appears: With age-old love I have loved you; so I have kept my mercy toward you. NET Bible In a far-off land the LORD will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, 'I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you. New Revised Standard Version the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. New Heart English Bible The LORD appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. World English Bible Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness. Young's Literal Translation From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee with kindness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Mourning Turned to Joy…2This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.” 3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. 4Again 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.… Cross References John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. Deuteronomy 4:37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Psalm 25:6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. Hosea 11:4 I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them. Malachi 1:2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. But you ask, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved, Treasury of Scripture The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you. of old. Deuteronomy 7:7-9 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: … Deuteronomy 10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 33:3,26 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words… an. Psalm 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; Isaiah 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. Isaiah 54:8,9 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer… with loving-kindness have I drawn. Song of Solomon 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. Hosea 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. John 6:44,45 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day… Jump to Previous Afar Affection Appeared Continued Drawn Eternal Everlasting Faithfulness Far Kindness Loved Lovingkindness Mercy PastJump to Next Afar Affection Appeared Continued Drawn Eternal Everlasting Faithfulness Far Kindness Loved Lovingkindness Mercy PastJeremiah 31 1. The restoration of Israel.10. The publication thereof. 15. Rahel mourning is comforted. 18. Ephraim repenting is brought home again. 22. Christ is promised. 27. His care over the church. 31. His new covenant. 35. The stability, 38. and amplitude of the church. (3) The Lord hath appeared of old unto me . . .--The Hebrew adverb more commonly refers to distance than to time. From afar the Lord appeared unto me. The thought is that of a deliverer who hears the cry of his people in the distance, and then draws near to help them. Jehovah enthroned in Zion, or in the heaven of heavens, hears the cry of the exiles by the waters of Babylon or Nineveh. Therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.--Some translators render I have preserved (or respited) thee, others I have continued my loving kindness to thee, as in Psalm 36:10; Psalm 109:12; but the LXX., Vulg., and Luther agree with the English Version, and it finds sufficient support in the meaning of the Hebrew verb and in the parallel of Hosea 11:4. Verse 3. - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me. The Church of the faithful Israel is the speaker. "From afar" (so we ought to render, rather than "of old") she sees Jehovah, with the eye of faith, approaching to redeem her; comp. Isaiah 40:10 and Isaiah 59:20 (only that in these passages it is to Jerusalem, and not to Babylon, that Jehovah "comes" as the Redeemer); also the promise in Jeremiah 30:10, "I will save thee from afar," and Jeremiah 51:50, quoted above. (Septuagint reads "unto him;" but an abrupt change of person is not uncommon in Hebrew.) Saying, Yea, I have loved thee, etc. "Saying" is inserted to make the connection plainer. The genius of Hebrew does not require such a distinct indication of a change of speakers as our Western languages. For other instances of this, see Genesis 4:25; Genesis 26:7; Genesis 32:31; 1 Kings 20:34. With loving kindness have I drawn thee; rather, do I continue loving kindness unto thee. "To continue" is literally, to draw out at length. The idea is the same as that in the great prophecy which follows that of the suffering Saviour, "With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee" (Isaiah 54:8; comp. ver. 10).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel appeared נִרְאָ֣ה (nir·’āh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see to him לִ֑י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew from afar: מֵרָח֕וֹק (mê·rā·ḥō·wq) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious “I have loved אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ (’ă·haḇ·tîḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f you with an everlasting עוֹלָם֙ (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always love; וְאַהֲבַ֤ת (wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 160: Love (noun) therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against I have drawn you מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ (mə·šaḵ·tîḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 4900: To draw, drag with loving devotion. חָֽסֶד׃ (ḥā·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty Links Jeremiah 31:3 NIVJeremiah 31:3 NLT Jeremiah 31:3 ESV Jeremiah 31:3 NASB Jeremiah 31:3 KJV Jeremiah 31:3 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 31:3 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 31:3 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 31:3 French Bible Jeremiah 31:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 31:3 Yahweh appeared of old to me saying (Jer.) |
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