Jeremiah 31:11
in Jeremiah 31For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
KJV
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
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This verse in Jeremiah 31
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 11) For the Lord has redeemed Jacob and delivered him from the hand of the stronger (or the hand of the more powerful). Because the Lord has redeemed Jacob with the price of His own blood and has liberated him from the hand of the more powerful or stronger one. By these things are shown the stronger opposing powers of the nature of human frailty.
This site's exposition
For this is what the LORD
on Jeremiah 31:7-14
The company is named by its weakest members, “the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor.” “For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn” restores the north to the firstborn's place. Life becomes “like a well-watered garden.”
This site's exposition
the LORD has ransomed Jacob
The captor was stronger than Jacob. Matthew Henry says the Lord bought Jacob back by power, as He had from Egypt, from a hand stronger than his own. Jerome reads the verse of Christ, who redeemed His people at the price of His own blood.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Though the enemy that had got possession of him was stronger than he, yet the Lord, who is stronger than all. has redeemed and ransomed him, not by price, but by power, as of old out of the Egyptians' hands.
For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob,....
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| פָדָ֥ה | fadah | he has ransomed | H6299 → | |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֑ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וּגְאָל֕וֹ | ugealo | and he has redeemed it | H1350 → | |
| מִיַּ֖ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| חָזָ֥ק | chazak | [one too] strong | H2389 → | 56 times |
| מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | mimenu | for it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
פָדָ֥הhe has ransomed
fadahH6299 →
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַעֲקֹ֑בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
וּגְאָל֕וֹand he has redeemed it
ugealoH1350 →
מִיַּ֖דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
חָזָ֥ק[one too] strong
chazakH2389 →56 times
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃for it
mimenuH4480 →1188 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
Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
it leads to
- Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Peter 1:18
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Titus 3:8
This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable…
- Hebrews 9:14
Through
Isaiah 49:24Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
it leads to
- Luke 11:21–22
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
- Psalms 124:6–7
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
- Luke 11:21–22
Through
Jeremiah 15:21I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- 2 Corinthians 1:10
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This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.