New English Translation
Jeremiah 31:2
2The Lord says, “The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves.
Jeremiah 31:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- 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.”
Context of Jeremiah 31:2
1At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!” The Lord says, “The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves. 3In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you. 4I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.
Read all of Jeremiah 31Jeremiah 31:2 word by word
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מָצָ֥א חֵן֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר עַ֖ם שְׂרִ֣ידֵי חָ֑רֶב הָל֥וֹךְ לְהַרְגִּיע֖וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- 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 1:16“When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”
- Exodus 2:23During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
- Exodus 5:21and they said to them, “May the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!”
- Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.
- Exodus 14:8But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. Now the Israelites were going out defiantly.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
- Exodus 17:8Amalek came and attacked Israel in Rephidim.
- Jeremiah 2:2“Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the Lord says: “I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
- Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt
- Deuteronomy 2:7All along the way I, the Lord your God, have blessed your every effort. I have been attentive to your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have been with you; you have lacked for nothing.’”
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
- Nehemiah 9:12You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.
- Psalms 78:14He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.
- Psalms 105:37He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled.
- Psalms 136:16to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures,
- Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.
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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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
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