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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 the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)

Rom. 11:28‑29• ²⁸As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
²⁹For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (Rom. 11:28‑29)

or, have I extended loving-kindness unto thee.

Hos. 11:4• ⁴I 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. (Hos. 11:4)

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of old.

Heb. from afar.

I have.

Deut. 7:7‑9• ⁷The 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:
⁸But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
⁹Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; (Deut. 7:7‑9)

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Deut. 10:15• ¹⁵Only 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. (Deut. 10:15)

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Deut. 33:3,26• ³Yea, 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.
²⁶There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. (Deut. 33:3,26)

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

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Mal. 1:2• ²I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)

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Rom. 9:13• ¹³As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. (Rom. 9:13)

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

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

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Isa. 45:17• ¹⁷But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. (Isa. 45:17)

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Isa. 54:8‑9• ⁸In 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.
⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. (Isa. 54:8‑9)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑16• ¹³But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
¹⁵Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
¹⁶Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, (2 Thess. 2:13‑16)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (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: the upright love thee. (Song of Sol. 1:4)

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Hos. 11:4• ⁴I 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. (Hos. 11:4)

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John 6:44‑45• ⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. (John 6:44‑45)

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Rom. 8:30• ³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Rom. 8:30)

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Eph. 1:3‑5• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by 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, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Eph. 2:4‑5)

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Titus 3:3‑6• ³For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
⁴But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
⁵Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
⁶Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; (Titus 3:3‑6)

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James 1:18• ¹⁸Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits 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, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from 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."