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Jer. 31:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, wheng I went to cause him to rest.

Num. 10:33• ³³{i}And 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.{/i} (Num. 10:33)

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Deut. 1:33• ³³who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. (Deut. 1:33)

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The people.

Ex. 1:16,22• ¹⁶and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see [them] upon the birth-stool, if a son, then ye shall kill him; but if a daughter, then she shall live.
²²And 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 these 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• ²¹{i}And 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!{/i} (Ex. 5:21)

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Ex. 12:37• ³⁷{i}And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.{/i} (Ex. 12:37)

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Ex. 14:8‑12• ⁸{i}And 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.{/i}
⁹{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And 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.{/i}
¹¹{i}And 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?{/i}
¹²{i}Is 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.{/i} (Ex. 14:8‑12)

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Ex. 15:9‑10• ⁹{i}The enemy said, I will pursue,{HR}I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;{HR}My soul shall be sated upon them;{HR}I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.{HR}{/i}
¹⁰{i}Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them;{HR}They sank as lead in the mighty waters.{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:9‑10)

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Ex. 17:8‑13• ⁸{i}And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.{/i}
⁹{i}And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And 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.{/i}
¹¹{i}And it came to pass when Moses raised his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.{/i}
¹²{i}And 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.{/i}
¹³{i}And Joshua broke the power of Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.{/i} (Ex. 17:8‑13)

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Jer. 2:2• ²{i}Go 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.{/i} (Jer. 2:2)

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Deut. 1:30,33• ³⁰Jehovah your God which goeth before you, he shall 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 to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. (Deut. 1:30,33)

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Deut. 2:7• ⁷For Jehovah thy God blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath 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 thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
³And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
¹⁶{i}who 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;{/i} (Deut. 8:2‑3,16)

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Neh. 9:12‑15• ¹²{i}And 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.{/i}
¹³{i}And 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.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And thou madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.{/i}
¹⁵{i}And 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.{/i} (Neh. 9:12‑15)

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Psa. 78:14‑16,23‑29,52• ¹⁴And he led them with a cloud by day{HR}And all the night with light of fire.
¹⁵He clave rocks in the wilderness,{HR}And gave drink as the depths abundantly,
¹⁶He brought streams from the rock (crag){HR}And caused waters to come down like the rivers.
²³Yet he commanded the skies above,{HR}And opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴And he rained upon them manna to eat,{HR}And had given them the corn of the heavens.
²⁵Man did eat the bread of the mighty;{HR}He sent them provision to the full.
²⁶He led forth the east [wind] in the heavens,{HR}And by his strength guided the south [wind],
²⁷And he rained flesh upon them as dust{HR}And winged fowl as sand of the sea,
²⁸And let it fall in the midst of the camp{HR}Round about their habitations.
²⁹And they did eat and were well filled.{HR}He brought to them their desire;
⁵²And he made his people go as the sheep,{HR}And guided them as the flock in the wilderness; (Psa. 78:14‑16,23‑29,52)

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Psa. 105:37‑43• ³⁷And he brought them out with silver and gold,{HR}And there was not among their tribes a stumbling [one].
³⁸Egypt was glad at their departure,{HR}For their fear fell upon them.
³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering{HR}And fire to give light [by] night.
⁴⁰[The people] asked, and he brought quails,{HR}And satisfied them with bread of heaven.
⁴¹He opened a rock, and waters gushed forth;{HR}They ran in the dry places, a river.
⁴²For he remembered his holy word{HR}[And] Abraham his servant,
⁴³And he brought forth his people with joy,{HR}His chosen with shouting; (Psa. 105:37‑43)

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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 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 loving-kindnesses.
⁸And he said, Surely they [are] 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 vexed 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, [saying], 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 in the midst of him,
¹²his glorious arm leading [them] by the hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,
¹³who led them through the depths; as a horse in the wilderness [that] 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 name of glory. (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 polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
¹⁵Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
¹⁶because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
¹⁷Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. (Ezek. 20:14‑17)

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Deut. 12:9• ⁹{i}For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i} (Deut. 12:9)

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Psa. 95:11• ¹¹To whom I swore in mine anger{HR}That they shall not come 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 name of glory. (Isa. 63:14)

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Matt. 11:28• ²⁸{i}Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.{/i} (Matt. 11:28)

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Heb. 4:8‑9• ⁸For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
⁹There remaineth therefore a sabbatism for the people of God. (Heb. 4:8‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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.

W. Kelly Translation

Thus saith Jehovah, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.