Jeremiah 31:34
in Jeremiah 31No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
KJV
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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This verse in Jeremiah 31
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIn Jeremiah, we read concerning the future kingdom …, "They shall all know me, from the least to the greatest of them." The context of this passage clearly shows that the prophet is describing the future kingdom. But how can there possibly be in it a least or greatest, if all are to be equal? The secret is disclosed in the Gospel: "Whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall teach and not do shall be least."
This site's exposition
I will make a new covenant
on Jeremiah 31:31-34
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: the only place the Old Testament uses the phrase, and Hebrews 8:8-12 quotes the whole passage, the longest Old Testament quotation in the New, drawing at 8:13 the conclusion from the covenant's own word. The terms are inward, personal, and final: the law put in their inward parts and written in hearts, they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest, and I will remember their sin no more, forgiveness as the covenant's foundation rather than its maintenance. The Lord took its cup into his own hands, this cup is the new testament in my blood (Luke 22:20), which is the New Testament's own claim that the days foretold here began that night; the exposition states it as the claim the texts make.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,.... Which is not to be understood of the outward ministry of the word; in heaven indeed there will be no need of it, nor in the New Jerusalem state; but in every period of time before it.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
TRUE knowledge of God is a Covenant blessing. To know Jehovah as the only living and true God, to know Him personally and intimately, so as to say with David, "You are my God"—this is one of the choice blessings of the Covenant of Grace which grace bestows upon all the chosen. In this prophecy Jehovah declares that He will yet give this knowledge to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. And this is our hope for the long-wandering seed of Abraham, whom He will yet restore and save.
The words behind it
29 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֧א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְלַמְּד֣וּ | yelamedu | they will teach | H3925 → | 85 times |
| ע֗וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | each | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רֵעֵ֜הוּ | reehu | neighbor his | H7453 → | 188 times |
| וְאִ֤ישׁ | veish | and each | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָחִיו֙ | ʾachiv | brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| דְּע֖וּ | deu | know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| כוּלָּם֩ | khulam | all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יֵדְע֨וּ | yedeu | they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אוֹתִ֜י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לְמִקְטַנָּ֤ם | lemiktanam | <to> from little their | H6996 → | 101 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and unto | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| גְּדוֹלָם֙ | gedolam | great their | H1419 → | 526 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֶסְלַח֙ | ʾeslach | I will forgive | H5545 → | 46 times |
| לַֽעֲוֹנָ֔ם | laavonam | <to> iniquity their | H5771 → | 233 times |
| וּלְחַטָּאתָ֖ם | ulechatatam | and <to> sin their | H2403 → | 295 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶזְכָּר־ | ʾezkor- | I will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| עֽוֹד׃ ס | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
וְלֹ֧אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יְלַמְּד֣וּthey will teach
yelameduH3925 →85 times
ע֗וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
אִ֣ישׁeach
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רֵעֵ֜הוּneighbor his
reehuH7453 →188 times
וְאִ֤ישׁand each
veishH376 →1663 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אָחִיו֙brother his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
דְּע֖וּknow
deuH3045 →945 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
כוּלָּם֩all of them
khulamH3605 →5413 times
יֵדְע֨וּthey will know
yedeuH3045 →945 times
אוֹתִ֜י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
לְמִקְטַנָּ֤ם<to> from little their
lemiktanamH6996 →101 times
וְעַד־and unto
vead-H5704 →1261 times
גְּדוֹלָם֙great their
gedolamH1419 →526 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּ֤יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֶסְלַח֙I will forgive
ʾeslachH5545 →46 times
לַֽעֲוֹנָ֔ם<to> iniquity their
laavonamH5771 →233 times
וּלְחַטָּאתָ֖םand <to> sin their
ulechatatamH2403 →295 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אֶזְכָּר־I will remember
ʾezkor-H2142 →230 times
עֽוֹד׃ סagain
odH5750 →490 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
it leads to
- Hebrews 8:12
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Micah 7:18–19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Hebrews 10:17
Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
- Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Hebrews 8:12
Through
1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
it leads to
- John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- 1 John 2:20–21
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
- John 14:26
Through
Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
it leads to
- John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- John 6:45
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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2006: “Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jerome, Against Jovinianus 2.27; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
