Jeremiah 31:34 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 31:34

No 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.”

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Against Jovinianus 2.27 (420)

In 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."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2006: “Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1888)

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.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹ֧א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יְלַמְּד֣וּ	ye.la.me.Du	they will teach	H3925 →
ע֗וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רֵעֵ֜הוּ	re.'E.hu	neighbor his	H7453 →
וְאִ֤ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and each	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אָחִיו֙	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
דְּע֖וּ	de.'U	know	H3045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
כוּלָּם֩	khu.Lam	all of them	H3605 →
יֵדְע֨וּ	ye.de.'U	they will know	H3045 →
אוֹתִ֜י	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
לְמִקְטַנָּ֤ם	le.mik.ta.Nam	<to> from little their	H6996 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and unto	H5704 →
גְּדוֹלָם֙	ge.do.Lam	great their	H1419 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כִּ֤י	ki	that	H3588 →
אֶסְלַח֙	'es.Lach	I will forgive	H5545 →
לַֽעֲוֹנָ֔ם	la.'a.vo.Nam	<to> iniquity their	H5771 →
וּלְחַטָּאתָ֖ם	u.le.cha.ta.Tam	and <to> sin their	H2403 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אֶזְכָּר־	'ez.kor-	I will remember	H2142 →
עֽוֹד׃ ס	od	again	H5750 →

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
Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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.
Through
1 John 2:27
And 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…
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.
Through
Isaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
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—

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