Jeremiah 32:38
in Jeremiah 32They will be My people, and I will be their God.
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And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God. A comprehensive summary of the covenant of grace, which shall be made known to the Jews at the time of their conversion, and the blessings of it applied to them, and bestowed on them; though now a "loammi", Hos 1:9, is written upon them; see Jer 30:21.
This site's exposition
Now therefore, about this city of
on Jeremiah 32:36-41
“Now therefore” turns the oracle from indictment to promise. The everlasting covenant gives “one heart and one way,” so obedience is a gift, as in the new covenant of chapter 31. Verse 41 names the LORD's gladness, in words rare in the book: “I will rejoice in doing them good.”
This site's exposition
They will be My people
This is the covenant formula of Jeremiah 31:33, and Gill calls it a summary of the covenant of grace. He sets it against the name Lo-ammi of Hosea 1:9, which declared Israel cut off. The name is given back.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 37 and following) Behold, I will gather them from all the lands to which I have driven them in my anger, in my wrath, and in great indignation, and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell securely. They will be my people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
God's judgments came gradually upon them, but, they not meeting him by repentance in the way of his judgments, he proceeded in his controversy till all was laid waste, which was in the eleventh year of Zedekiah; now what is here recorded happened in the tenth.
"And, to make them truly, completely, and eternally happy, I will be their God. " They shall serve and worship God as theirs and cleave to him only, and he will approve himself theirs. All he is, all he has, shall be engaged and employed for their good. [2.] God will give them a heart to fear him,
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָ֥יוּ | vehayu | and they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִ֖י | li | for <the> me | ||
| לְעָ֑ם | leam | <into> a people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַאֲנִ֕י | vaani | and I | H589 → | 874 times |
| אֶהְיֶ֥ה | ʾehyeh | I will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | for <the> them | ||
| לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ | lelohim | <into> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וְהָ֥יוּand they will become
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
לִ֖יfor <the> me
li
לְעָ֑ם<into> a people
leamH5971 →1873 times
וַאֲנִ֕יand I
vaaniH589 →874 times
אֶהְיֶ֥הI will become
ʾehyehH1961 →3559 times
לָהֶ֖םfor <the> them
lahem
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃<into> God
lelohimH430 →2601 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
Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
it leads to
- Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- 1 John 3:1–3
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…
- Hebrews 8:10
Through
Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 37:23
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 37:23
Through
Psalms 144:15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Psalms 33:12
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.