Jeremiah 31:2

Jeremiah 31:2 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord: "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness— Israel, when I went to give him rest.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Lord says: “Those who survive the coming destruction will find blessings even in the barren land, for I will give rest to the people of Israel.”

Context of Jeremiah 31:2

1At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 3The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. 4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Jeremiah 31:2 word by word

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מָצָ֥א חֵן֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר עַ֖ם שְׂרִ֣ידֵי חָ֑רֶב הָל֥וֹךְ לְהַרְגִּיע֖וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• The peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• leftשָׂרִידώârîyd · survivorH8300
• of the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• graceחֵןchên · favorH2580
• in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• when I wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: comeH1980
• to cause him to restרָגַעrâga‛ · to restH7280

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:2

• Exodus 1:16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
• Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
• Exodus 5:21And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
• Exodus 12:37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
• Exodus 14:8And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Exodus 17:8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
• Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
• Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
• Deuteronomy 2:7For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
• Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
• Nehemiah 9:12Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
• Psalms 78:14In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
• Psalms 105:37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
• Psalms 136:16To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Isaiah 63:7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The people which were left of the sword - Those of the ten tribes that had escaped death by the sword of the Assyrians. Found grace in the wilderness - The place of their exile; a wilderness, compared to their own land. - Dahler. See Isaiah 40:3;Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The people which were left of the sword - A promise of the restoration of the ten tribes to their land. The wilderness - Either the desert which lay between Assyria and Palestine; or more probably an allusion to the wilderness of Mount Sinai. Found grace … rest - Rather, “shall certainly find grace; I will go to give Israel rest.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Lord sent his message to those who would survive the destruction when Jerusalem fell in 586 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Upon the grace manifested to Israel "in the wilderness" God grounds His argument for renewing His favors to them now in their exile; because His covenant is "everlasting" (Jr 31:3), and changes not. The same argument occurs in Ho 13:5, 9, 10; 14:4, 5, 8. Babylon is fitly compared to the "wilderness," as in both alike Israel was as a stranger far from his appointed "rest" or home, and Babylon is in Is 40:3 called a "desert" (compare Jr 50:12). I went to…Read the comment

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• Jacob, Israel
• Remember
• Unaccustomed
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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