Jeremiah 31:11
For LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 142:6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
Isaiah 48:20Go ye forth from Babylon. Flee ye from the Chaldeans. With a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth. Say ye, LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.
Isaiah 49:25But thus says LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered. For I will contend with him who contends with thee, and I will save thy sons.
Jeremiah 50:33Thus says LORD of hosts: The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah are oppressed together, and all who took them captive hold them firm; they refuse to let them go.
Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy sting? Repentance shall be hid from my eyes.
Matthew 20:28Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:11-18
Restoration of Israel; Promises to Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 10 Hear 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. 11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. 12 Therefore 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… Read the whole commentary →