KJV King James Version
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
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Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
WEB World English Bible
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
ASV American Standard Version
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I have made for them a covenant age-during, in that I turn not back from after them for My doing them good, and My fear I put in their heart, so as not to turn aside from me;
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 32
37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, [It is] desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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וְכָרַתִּ֤יH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutלָהֶם֙H9038 · hemthemבְּרִ֣יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantעוֹלָ֔םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotאָשׁוּב֙H7725 · shuvto return: returnמֵאַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔םH310 · a.charafterלְהֵיטִיבִ֖יH3190 · ya.tavbe goodאוֹתָ֑םH853 · et[Obj.]וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יִרְאָתִי֙H3374 · yir.ahfearאֶתֵּ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveבִּלְבָבָ֔םH3824 · le.vavheartלְבִלְתִּ֖יH1115 · bil.tilestס֥וּרH5493 · surto turn aside: removeמֵעָלָֽי׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
Jeremiah 31:31-33Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:Ezekiel 36:26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.Jeremiah 24:7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.Hebrews 6:13-18For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.Ezekiel 39:29Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.Hebrews 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,2 Samuel 23:4And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.John 10:27-30My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Romans 8:28-39And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.Hebrews 7:24But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.Genesis 17:7-13And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.Luke 1:72-75To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;Isaiah 24:5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.Galatians 3:14-17That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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