Jeremiah 31:3

Jeremiah 31:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

Context of Jeremiah 31:3

1At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 2Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. 4Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. 5Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit thereof.

Jeremiah 31:3 word by word

מֵרָח֕וֹק יְהוָ֖ה נִרְאָ֣ה לִ֑י וְאַהֲבַ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ עַל־כֵּ֖ן מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ חָֽסֶד׃Read the interlinear

• appearedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• thereforeכֵּןkên · rightH3651
• drawnמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:3

• Deuteronomy 7:7Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
• Deuteronomy 10:15Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
• Deuteronomy 33:3Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every oneshall receive of thy words.
• Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
• Malachi 1:2I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
• Romans 9:13Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
• 1 John 4:19We love, because he first loved us.
• Psalms 103:17But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;
• Isaiah 45:17But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
• Isaiah 54:8In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
• Romans 11:28As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
• 2 Timothy 1:9who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
• Hosea 11:4I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.
• John 6:44No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.
• Romans 8:30and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I have loved thee with an everlasting love - אהבתיך עולם ואהבת veahabath olam ahabtich, "and with the old love I have loved thee." "Also, with a love of long standing have I loved thee." - Blayney. "But I love thee always." - Dahler. I still bear to the Jewish people that love which I showed to their fathers in Egypt, in the wilderness, and in the promised land. Can it be supposed, by any person seriously considering the context, that these words are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Of old - From afar (margin). See Jeremiah 30:10. To the Jew God was enthroned in Zion, and thus when His mercy was shown unto the exiles in Assyria it came from a distant region 2 Chronicles 6:20, 2 Chronicles 6:38. With lovingkindness … - Rather, I have continued lovingkindness unto thee.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Long ago, the Lord showed himself during the Exodus (see Exodus 15:13; 20:6; 34:6–7; Numbers 14:18–19; Deuteronomy 5:10; 7:7, 10, 12–13; 10:15, 18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Israel gratefully acknowledges in reply God's past grace; but at the same time tacitly implies by the expression "of old," that God does not appear to her now. "God appeared to me of old, but now I am forsaken!" God replies, Nay, I love thee with the same love now as of old. My love was not a momentary impulse, but from "everlasting" in My counsels, and to "everlasting" in its continuance; hence originated the covenant whereby I gratuitously adopted…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings