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Jeremiah 11:5

This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

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ASV

that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.

KJV

That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְמַעַן֩le.ma.'Anso asH4616 →
הָקִ֨יםha.Kimto carry outH6965 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַשְּׁבוּעָ֜הha.she.vu.'Ahthe oathH7621 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnish.Ba'.tiI sworeH7650 →
לַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םla.'a.vo.tei.Khemto ancestors yourH1 →
לָתֵ֤תla.Tetto giveH5414 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto <the> them
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retza landH776 →
זָבַ֥תza.Vatflowing ofH2100 →
חָלָ֛בcha.LavmilkH2461 →
וּדְבַ֖שׁu.de.Vashand honeyH1706 →
כַּיּ֣וֹםkai.Yomlike the dayH3117 →
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וָאַ֥עַןva.'A.'anand I answeredH6030 →
וָאֹמַ֖רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
אָמֵ֥ן׀'a.MenamenH543 →
יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →

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Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.1 Chronicles 17:23And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,2 Chronicles 6:17And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.Jeremiah 28:6“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.Deuteronomy 7:12–13If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.Psalms 105:9–11the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.Deuteronomy 28:9The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.1 Kings 8:26And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.Exodus 33:3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”Jeremiah 32:22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.Leviticus 20:24But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.Deuteronomy 27:15–26‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’1 Corinthians 14:16Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?Exodus 3:8–17I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Exodus 13:5And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.Genesis 22:16–18saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,Genesis 26:3–5Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

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