Jeremiah 30:22

And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

In Context

21And his honourable one hath been of himself, And his ruler from his midst goeth forth, And I have caused him to draw near, And he hath drawn nigh unto Me, For who [is] he who hath pledged his heart To draw nigh unto Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

23Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah — Fury hath gone forth — a cutting whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:17Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice.

Jeremiah 11:4That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God,

Jeremiah 31:1At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they — they are to Me for a people.

Jeremiah 32:38and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;

Ezekiel 36:28And ye have dwelt in the land that I have given to your fathers, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I — I am to you for God.

Hosea 2:23And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou [art], and it saith, My God!'

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 30:19-24

Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 594.) 18 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. 20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their… Read the whole commentary →

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