Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. New Living Translation 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. English Standard Version the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Berean Standard Bible The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. King James Bible 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 King James Version 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 American Standard Bible The LORD appeared to him long ago, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with kindness. NASB 1995 The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. NASB 1977 The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Amplified Bible The LORD appeared to me (Israel) from ages past, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you. Christian Standard Bible the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you. Holman Christian Standard Bible the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you. American Standard Version Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Contemporary English Version Some time ago, the LORD appeared to me and told me to say: Israel, I will always love you; that's why I've been so patient and kind. English Revised Version The LORD appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD appeared to me in a faraway place and said, "I love you with an everlasting love. So I will continue to show you my kindness. Good News Translation I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love. International Standard Version The LORD appeared to Israel from far away and said, "I've loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I've drawn you with gracious love. Majority Standard Bible The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. NET Bible In 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. New Heart English Bible The LORD appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. World English Bible Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH has appeared to me from afar, “I have loved you with perpetual love, "" Therefore I have drawn you [with] kindness. Young's Literal Translation From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee with kindness. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah was seen to me from afar off; and I loved thee an eternal love: for this I drew thee in kindness. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord appeared to me from a distance: “And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Therefore, showing pity, I have drawn you. New American Bible from afar the LORD appears: With age-old love I have loved you; so I have kept my mercy toward you. New Revised Standard Version the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe LORD has appeared to me from afar, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated From a distance LORD JEHOVAH appeared to me and he said to me: “The love of eternity has loved you; because of this, I have dragged you to grace OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917From afar the LORD appeared unto me.' 'Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; Therefore with affection have I drawn thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn thee in compassion. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Mourning Turned to Joy…2This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.” 3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. 4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.… Cross References Hosea 11:4 I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them. Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Isaiah 54:8 In 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. Psalm 103:17 But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— 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 Jacob I have loved, John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Romans 5:8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Ephesians 2:4-5 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! 1 John 4:9-10 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Isaiah 43:4 Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life. Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.” Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! Psalm 136:1-2 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever. / Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever. John 15:9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Treasury of Scripture The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you. of old. Deuteronomy 7:7-9 The LORD 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 people: … Deuteronomy 10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 33:3,26 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words… an. Psalm 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; Isaiah 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. Isaiah 54:8,9 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer… with loving-kindness have I drawn. Song of Solomon 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. Hosea 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. John 6:44,45 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day… Jump to Previous Afar Affection Appeared Continued Drawn Eternal Everlasting Faithfulness Far Kindness Loved Lovingkindness Mercy PastJump to Next Afar Affection Appeared Continued Drawn Eternal Everlasting Faithfulness Far Kindness Loved Lovingkindness Mercy PastJeremiah 31 1. The restoration of Israel.10. The publication thereof. 15. Rahel mourning is comforted. 18. Ephraim repenting is brought home again. 22. Christ is promised. 27. His care over the church. 31. His new covenant. 35. The stability, 38. and amplitude of the church. The LORD appeared to us in the past This phrase emphasizes the timeless nature of God's revelation and presence. The Hebrew root for "appeared" is "ra'ah," which means to see or to be seen. This suggests a divine initiative where God makes Himself known to His people. Historically, this reflects God's ongoing relationship with Israel, reminding them of His past interventions and faithfulness. The phrase "in the past" underscores the continuity of God's actions throughout history, assuring the Israelites of His unchanging nature. saying I have loved you with an everlasting love therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion Therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.--Some translators render I have preserved (or respited) thee, others I have continued my loving kindness to thee, as in Psalm 36:10; Psalm 109:12; but the LXX., Vulg., and Luther agree with the English Version, and it finds sufficient support in the meaning of the Hebrew verb and in the parallel of Hosea 11:4. Verse 3. - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me. The Church of the faithful Israel is the speaker. "From afar" (so we ought to render, rather than "of old") she sees Jehovah, with the eye of faith, approaching to redeem her; comp. Isaiah 40:10 and Isaiah 59:20 (only that in these passages it is to Jerusalem, and not to Babylon, that Jehovah "comes" as the Redeemer); also the promise in Jeremiah 30:10, "I will save thee from afar," and Jeremiah 51:50, quoted above. (Septuagint reads "unto him;" but an abrupt change of person is not uncommon in Hebrew.) Saying, Yea, I have loved thee, etc. "Saying" is inserted to make the connection plainer. The genius of Hebrew does not require such a distinct indication of a change of speakers as our Western languages. For other instances of this, see Genesis 4:25; Genesis 26:7; Genesis 32:31; 1 Kings 20:34. With loving kindness have I drawn thee; rather, do I continue loving kindness unto thee. "To continue" is literally, to draw out at length. The idea is the same as that in the great prophecy which follows that of the suffering Saviour, "With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee" (Isaiah 54:8; comp. ver. 10).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel appeared נִרְאָ֣ה (nir·’āh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see to him לִ֑י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew from afar: מֵרָח֕וֹק (mê·rā·ḥō·wq) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious “I have loved אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ (’ă·haḇ·tîḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f you with an everlasting עוֹלָם֙ (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always love; וְאַהֲבַ֤ת (wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 160: Love (noun) therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against I have drawn you מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ (mə·šaḵ·tîḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 4900: To draw, drag with loving devotion. חָֽסֶד׃ (ḥā·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty Links Jeremiah 31:3 NIVJeremiah 31:3 NLT Jeremiah 31:3 ESV Jeremiah 31:3 NASB Jeremiah 31:3 KJV Jeremiah 31:3 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 31:3 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 31:3 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 31:3 French Bible Jeremiah 31:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 31:3 Yahweh appeared of old to me saying (Jer.) |
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