Jeremiah 32:22

and gavest them this land, which Thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

In Context

21and didst bring forth Thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

23and they came in, and possessed it; but they hearkened not to Thy voice, neither walked in Thy law; they have done nothing of all that Thou commandedst them to do; therefore Thou hast caused all this evil to befall them;

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

Genesis 17:7And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

Genesis 28:13And, behold, the LORD stood beside him, and said: 'I am the LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

Genesis 50:24And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I die; but God will surely remember you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

Exodus 3:17And I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 33:1And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying: Unto thy seed will I give it —

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:17-26

Jeremiah's Prayer. ( b. c. 589.) 16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord , saying, 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, 19 Great in counsel,… Read the whole commentary →

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