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Jeremiah 31

Jer. 31:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, The people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
which were left
sariyd (Hebrew #8300)
a survivor
KJV usage: X alive, left, remain(- ing), remnant, rest.
Pronounce: saw-reed'
Origin: from 8277
of the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
grace
chen (Hebrew #2580)
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
KJV usage: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured.
Pronounce: khane
Origin: from 2603
in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
; even Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, wheng I went
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
to cause him to rest
raga` (Hebrew #7280)
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
KJV usage: break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
Pronounce: raw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Num. 10:33• 33And they set forward from the mountain of Jehovah and went three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them. (Num. 10:33)
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Deut. 1:33• 33who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day. (Deut. 1:33)

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Israel,
Rest,
Sword,
Wilderness

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The people.
Ex. 1:16,22• 16and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see them on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.
 22Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive. (Ex. 1:16,22)
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Ex. 2:23• 23And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage; (Ex. 2:23)
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Ex. 5:21• 21And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us! (Ex. 5:21)
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Ex. 12:37• 37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. (Ex. 12:37)
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Ex. 14:8‑12• 8And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel had gone out with a high hand.
 9And the Egyptians pursued after them,--all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them where they had encamped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, opposite to Baal-Zephon.
 10And Pharaoh approached; and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and the children of Israel were much afraid, and cried out to Jehovah.
 11And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt?
 12Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. (Ex. 14:8‑12)
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Ex. 15:9‑10• 9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
 10Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Ex. 15:9‑10)
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Ex. 17:8‑13• 8And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
 9And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.
 10And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
 11And it came to pass when Moses raised his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
 12And Moses' hands were heavy; then they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side, and one on that side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
 13And Joshua broke the power of Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. (Ex. 17:8‑13)
found.
Jer. 2:2• 2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. (Jer. 2:2)
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Deut. 1:30,33• 30Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
 33who went in the way before you, to search you out a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day. (Deut. 1:30,33)
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Deut. 2:7• 7for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. (Deut. 2:7)
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Deut. 8:2‑3,16• 2And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.
 3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
 16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; (Deut. 8:2‑3,16)
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Neh. 9:12‑15• 12And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
 13And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.
 14And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.
 15And thou gavest them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst say to them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. (Neh. 9:12‑15)
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Psa. 78:14‑16,23‑29,52• 14And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.
 15He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the depths, abundantly;
 16And he brought streams out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
 23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,
 24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the corn of the heavens.
 25Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.
 26He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;
 27And he rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the seas,
 28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations:
 29And they did eat, and were well filled; for that they lusted after, he brought to them.
 52And he made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock; (Psa. 78:14‑16,23‑29,52)
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Psa. 105:37‑43• 37And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.
 38Egypt rejoiced at their departure; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.
 39He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
 40They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
 41He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places like a river.
 42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant;
 43And he brought forth his people with gladness, his chosen with rejoicing; (Psa. 105:37‑43)
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Psa. 136:16‑24• 16To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 17To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 18And slew famous kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 19Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 20And Og king of Bashan, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 21And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 22An inheritance unto Israel his servant, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
 23Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 24And hath delivered us from our oppressors, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: (Psa. 136:16‑24)
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Isa. 63:7‑14• 7I will record the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed upon us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed upon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.
 8And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour.
 9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.
 10But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.
 11But he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him,
 12his glorious arm leading them by the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,
 13--who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, and they stumbled not?
 14As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. (Isa. 63:7‑14)
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Ezek. 20:14‑17• 14But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
 15And I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament of all lands;
 16because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
 17But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness. (Ezek. 20:14‑17)
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Num. 10:33• 33And they set forward from the mountain of Jehovah and went three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them. (Num. 10:33)
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Deut. 12:9• 9For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. (Deut. 12:9)
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Psa. 95:11• 11So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest. (Psa. 95:11)
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Isa. 63:14• 14As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. (Isa. 63:14)
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Matt. 11:28• 28Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest. (Matt. 11:28)
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Heb. 4:8‑9• 8For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.
 9There remains then a sabbatism to the people of God. (Heb. 4:8‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus saith Jehovah: The people that were left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, even Israel, when I go to give him rest.