Jeremiah 31:3 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 31:3

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

KJV

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Of old - From afar (margin). See Jer 30:10. To the Jew God was enthroned in Zion, and thus when His mercy was shown unto the exiles in Assyria it came from a distant region 2Ch 6:20, 2Ch 6:38. With lovingkindness ... - Rather, I have continued lovingkindness unto thee.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Bunyan

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666)

I had no sooner said it, but with sweetness this returned upon me, as an echo, or sounding again, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. Now I went to bed in quiet.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3561: “The Drawings of Love” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1917)

From the context it is clear that this passage primarily refers to God's ancient people, the natural descendants of Abraham. He chose them from of old and separated them from the nations of the world. Their election fills a large chapter in history and it shines with resplendent luster in prophecy. There is an interval during which they have experienced strange vicissitudes, been visited with heavy chastisements and acquired an evil reputation for the perverseness of their mind and the obstinacy of their heart.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵרָח֕וֹק	me.ra.Chok	from a distance	H7350 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
נִרְאָ֣ה	nir.'Ah	he appeared	H7200 →
לִ֑י	Li	to <the> me
וְאַהֲבַ֤ת	ve.'a.ha.Vat	and a love of	H160 →
עוֹלָם֙	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →
אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ	'a.hav.Tikh	I have loved you	H157 →
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֖ן	ken	-fore	H3651 →
מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ	me.shakh.Tikh	I have prolonged to you	H4900 →
חָֽסֶד׃	Cha.sed	covenant loyalty	H2617 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 103:17
But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
leads to
- Psalms 100:5
  For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
- Ephesians 2:4–7
  But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Exodus 20:6
  but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Through
Hosea 11:4
I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
leads to
- John 12:32
  And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
- Leviticus 26:13
  I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…
- 2 Corinthians 5:14
  For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
Through
Deuteronomy 33:3
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
leads to
- Luke 10:39
  She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.