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Jer. 31:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

The Lord hath appeared δof old unto me, saying, Yea, I have lovedh thee with an everlastingk love: therefore ζwith lovingkindness have I drawnl thee.

from afar.

Mal. 1:2• ²I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)

Rom. 11:28‑29• ²⁸As regards the glad tidings, they are enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.
²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are not subject to repentance. (Rom. 11:28‑29)

or, have I extended loving-kindness unto thee.

Hos. 11:4• ⁴I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat. (Hos. 11:4)

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of old.

Heb. from afar.

I have.

Deut. 7:7‑9• ⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
⁸but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
⁹And thou shalt know that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful *God, who keepeth covenant and mercy to a thousand generations with them that love him and keep his commandments; (Deut. 7:7‑9)

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Deut. 10:15• ¹⁵Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day. (Deut. 10:15)

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Deut. 33:3,26• ³Yea, he loveth the peoples, All his saints are in thy hand, And they sit down at thy feet; Each receiveth of thy words.
²⁶There is none like unto the *God of Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens to thy help, And in his majesty, upon the clouds. (Deut. 33:3,26)

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Hos. 11:1• ¹When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. (Hos. 11:1)

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Mal. 1:2• ²I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)

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Rom. 9:13• ¹³according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau. (Rom. 9:13)

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1 John 4:19• ¹⁹*We* love because *he* has first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

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Psa. 103:17• ¹⁷But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, (Psa. 103:17)

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Isa. 45:17• ¹⁷Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, unto the ages of ages. (Isa. 45:17)

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Isa. 54:8‑9• ⁸In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer.
⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. (Isa. 54:8‑9)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑16• ¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
¹⁵So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
¹⁶But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope by grace, (2 Thess. 2:13‑16)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time, (2 Tim. 1:9)

with loving-kindness have I drawn.

or, have I extendedloving-kindness unto.

Song of Sol. 1:4• ⁴Draw 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. They love thee uprightly. (Song of Sol. 1:4)

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Hos. 11:4• ⁴I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat. (Hos. 11:4)

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John 6:44‑45• ⁴⁴No one can come to me except the Father who has sent me draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father himself, and has learned of him, comes to me; (John 6:44‑45)

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Rom. 8:30• ³⁰But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified. (Rom. 8:30)

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Eph. 1:3‑5• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;
⁴according as he has chosen us in him before the world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
⁵having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (Eph. 1:3‑5)

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Eph. 2:4‑5• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) (Eph. 2:4‑5)

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Titus 3:3‑6• ³For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
⁴But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; (Titus 3:3‑6)

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James 1:18• ¹⁸According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures. (James 1:18)

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1 Peter 1:3• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, (1 Peter 1:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn theea.

JND Translation Notes

Or "I have prolonged toward thee my goodness."