Jeremiah 31:3
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.
Note Or The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying
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.
Note of…: Heb. from afar
Note with lovingkindness…: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee
The Lord appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.
Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Topics God’s Love
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- of old
- Heb. from afar. I have.
- Deuteronomy 7:7–9; Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 33:3, 26; Hosea 11:1; Malachi 1:2; Romans 9:13; 1 John 4:19
- an
- Psalm 103:17; Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 54:8, 9; Romans 11:28, 29; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–16; 2 Timothy 1:9
- with loving-kindness have I drawn
- or, have I extendedloving-kindness unto.
- Song of Songs 1:4; Hosea 11:4; John 6:44, 45; Romans 8:30; Ephesians 1:3–5; Ephesians 2:4, 5; Titus 3:3–6; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:3