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Jeremiah 50:5
5They will ask people to show them the way to Zion. They will travel in that direction. They will promise to serve the Lord. They will make a covenant with him that will continue for ever. Nobody will ever forget that covenant.
Jeremiah 50:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- New International Version (NIV)They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, saying, 'Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)They shall ask the way to Zion, With their faces toward it, saying, ‘Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord In a perpetual covenant That will not be forgotten.’
Context of Jeremiah 50:5
3A nation from the north will attack Babylon. They will destroy the whole land. People and animals will all run away, so that nobody lives there.’ 4The Lord says, ‘When that happens, the people of Israel and Judah will return to their land. They will weep because of their sins. They will want to worship the Lord their God. They will ask people to show them the way to Zion. They will travel in that direction. They will promise to serve the Lord. They will make a covenant with him that will continue for ever. Nobody will ever forget that covenant. 6My people have been like sheep that are lost. Their leaders should have taken care of them like shepherds. Instead, they have let my people become lost, like sheep that have gone into the mountains. They go from one hill to another hill, and they have forgotten where their home is. 7Anyone who found them killed them. Their enemies said, “We are not guilty for their death. They deserved to die because they turned against the Lord. He is their true home where they are safe. But they turned against the Lord, the God that their ancestors trusted.” ’
Read all of Jeremiah 50Jeremiah 50:5 word by word
צִיּ֣וֹן יִשְׁאָ֔לוּ דֶּ֖רֶךְ הֵ֣נָּה פְנֵיהֶ֑ם בֹּ֚אוּ וְנִלְו֣וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- They shall askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
- the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
- to Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- with their facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- thitherwardהֵ֫נָּהhênnâh · here/thusH2008
- Comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- and let us joinלָוָהlâvâh · to joinH3867
- ourselves to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- in a perpetualעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- shall not be forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:5
- Jeremiah 6:16The Lord said to his people, ‘Stand at the place where the roads cross, and look carefully. Ask where the ways of your ancestors are. Find the good way, and go along that way. Then you will live in peace.’ But the people said, ‘No, we will not go that way. ’
- Psalms 25:8The Lord is good and he does what is right. Because of that, he teaches sinners the right way to live.
- Psalms 84:7The people become stronger as they travel, until each one meets with God in Zion.
- Isaiah 35:8There will be a great road there. It will be called ‘The Holy Way’. People who are unclean will not travel on it. It will be for those people who know God's way. Evil fools will not walk on it.
- John 7:17Anyone who chooses to do what God wants will know about my teaching. They will know whether it comes from God, or whether it comes from my own thoughts.
- Jeremiah 31:31The Lord says, ‘A time will soon come when I make a new covenant with Israel's people and with Judah's people.
- Isaiah 2:3As they come, people from many nations will say, ‘Come! We will go to the mountain of the Lord, Jacob's God. We will go to worship him at his temple. Then he will teach us how to live in a way that pleases him. We will be able to walk in his paths.’ At that time, Zion will be the place where people learn about what is right. Yes, in Jerusalem the Lord will teach people his message.
- Micah 4:1In the last days, the mountain where the Lord's house is will be the highest mountain. It will be the most important of all the mountains. It will be higher than the hills, and people from many countries will go to it.
- Acts 11:23Barnabas arrived in Antioch. He saw how God had been kind to the people there and helped them. Barnabas was happy about this. So he said to the new believers, ‘Continue to trust the Lord Jesus completely.’
- 2 Corinthians 8:5They did more than we had even hoped for! First, they gave themselves to the Lord. Then they also gave themselves to us. They did that because God wanted them to do it.
- Jeremiah 32:40I will make a covenant with them that will continue for ever. I will promise always to do good things for them. They will want to respect me and obey me so that they never turn away from me again. That is what I will do for them.
- Genesis 17:7My covenant with you is very strong. I am making it with you and with your descendants. It will continue for generation after generation of your descendants, for all time. I will be your God. I will also be the God of all your descendants.
- 2 Samuel 23:5That is how God will bless my descendants. He has made a promise to me that will continue for ever. It is a strong promise that will never change. I know that he will always help me. He will do for me everything that I hope for.
- Isaiah 55:3Come to me and listen carefully. If you accept my teaching, you will have real life! Then I will make a covenant with you, to be my people. My promise will continue for ever, like the promise that I made to King David.
- Isaiah 56:6I will also bless foreigners who decide to serve me. They must be faithful to me as my servants. They must respect the rules for the Sabbath day and keep it special. They must always obey my covenant.
- 1 Kings 19:10Elijah replied, ‘The Israelites have turned away from the covenant that you made with them. They have destroyed your altars. They have killed your prophets with swords. But I have always served the Lord God Almighty faithfully. Now I am the only prophet that is still alive and they are trying to kill me too.’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant - All our former covenants have been broken; let us now make one that shall last for ever. He shall be the Lord Our God, and We will no more worship idols. This covenant they have kept to the present day; whatever their present moral and spiritual state may be, they are no idolaters, in the gross sense of the term. The description that is here given of the state of this people, their feelings and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thitherward - Hereward; the writer evidently was at Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5an everlasting covenant: See Jeremiah 31:23–34.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. thitherward--rather, "hitherward," Jeremiah's prophetical standpoint being at Zion. "Faces hitherward" implies their steadfastness of purpose not to be turned aside by any difficulties on the way. perpetual covenant--in contrast to the old covenant "which they brake" (Jr 31:31, &c.; Jr 32:40). They shall return to their God first, then to their own land.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 50
- 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
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