Jeremiah 23:7

Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when they will no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’

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In The King James Version

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

In Context

6In those days, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’

8but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led away and brought back the offspring of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from the entire earth,’ from the places to which I had cast them out. And they will live in their own land.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 11:11And this shall be in that day: the Lord will send forth his hand a second time to take possession of the remnant of his people who will be left behind: from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 43:18You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.

Jeremiah 23:3And I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the entire earth, from the places to which I had cast them out. And I will return them to their own fields. And they will increase and be multiplied.

Joel 3:5For you have carried away my silver and gold. And my desirable and most beautiful, you have taken into your shrines.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:2-9

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 590.) 1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord . 2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord . 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall… Read the whole commentary →

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