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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Long ago the Lord said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.

Context of Jeremiah 31:3

1“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.” 2This 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.” The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. 4I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful. 5Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant them and enjoy their fruit.

Jeremiah 31:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath appearedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• of oldרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• Yea, I have lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• thee with an everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• loveאַהֲבָה'ahăbâh · loveH160
• therefore with lovingkindnessחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• have I drawnמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:3

• Deuteronomy 7:7The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
• Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.
• Deuteronomy 33:3Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,
• Hosea 11:1“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
• Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,
• Romans 9:13Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
• 1 John 4:19We love because he first loved us.
• Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—
• Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.
• Isaiah 54:8In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer.
• Romans 11:28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
• 2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
• Hosea 11:4I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.
• John 6:44“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
• Romans 8:30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, 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