Jeremiah 32:41
in Jeremiah 32Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
KJV
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
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This verse in Jeremiah 32
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 41) And I will rejoice over them, when I have done good to them (or when I have visited them, to do good to them). And I will plant them in this land in truth (or in faith), with all my heart and with all my soul. And when I do good to them, I will rejoice. For He rejoices because He sees His creation saved. Hence, there is joy in heaven among the angels over one sinner doing penance.
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.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 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.
God will certainly do them good because he rejoices over them. They are dear to him; he makes his boast of them, and therefore will not only do them good, but will delight in doing them good. When he punishes them it is with reluctance.
(2.) God will renew his covenant with them, a covenant of grace, the blessings of which are spiritual, and such as will work good things in them, to qualify them for the great things God intended to do for them. It is called an everlasting covenant (
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Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
WE cannot help looking for the restoration of the scattered Israelites to the land which God has given to them by a covenant of salt—we also look for the time when they shall believe in the Messiah whom they have rejected, and shall rejoice in Jesus of Nazareth whom today they despise. There is great encouragement in prophecy to those who work among the seed of Israel. And it is greatly needed, for of all mission fields it has been commonly represented to be one of the most barren and upon the work the utmost ridicule has been poured.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
WE cannot help looking for the restoration of the scattered Israelites to the land which God has given to them by a covenant of salt—we also look for the time when they shall believe in the Messiah whom they have rejected, and shall rejoice in Jesus of Nazareth whom today they despise. There is great encouragement in prophecy to those who work among the seed of Israel. And it is greatly needed, for of all mission fields it has been commonly represented to be one of the most barren and upon the work the utmost ridicule has been poured. God has, therefore, supplied our faith with encouragements larger than we have in almost any other direction of service. Let those who believe work on! Those who believe not may give it up. They shall not have the honor of having helped to gather together the ancient nation to which our Lord Himself belonged. For be it never forgotten that Jesus was a Jew. If we, who are branches of the wild olive, have been engrafted into the good olive, how much more easy shall it be, when God wills it, that the natural branches, which for a while were cut off because of unbelief, should be again grafted into their own native stock? God send it speedily! Oh, that it were so even now! May the house of Israel look on Him whom they have pierced and turn unto Him with all their hearts. At present we have to say and sing— "You chosen seed of Israel's race, A remnant weak and small; Hail Him who sa ves you by His Grace, And crown Him Lord of all." It is a rule, in interpreting the Word of God, that the promises made to the natural Israel, so far as they are spiritual, belong to the spiritual Israel. Believers in Christ are the true seed of Abraham. "Though Abraham is ignorant of us and Sara acknowledge us not," after the flesh, yet Abraham is the father of the faithful. And they that are faithful justly claim him to be their father.
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good - Nothing can please God better than our coming to him to receive the good which, with his whole heart and his whole soul, he is ready to impart. How exceedingly condescending are these words of God!
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׂשְׂתִּ֥י | vesasti | and I will rejoice | H7797 → | |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לְהֵטִ֣יב | lehetiv | to do good to | H3190 → | 117 times |
| אוֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וּנְטַעְתִּ֞ים | uneta'tim | and I will plant them | H5193 → | 58 times |
| בָּאָ֤רֶץ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּאת֙ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת | beemet | in faithfulness | H571 → | 127 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לִבִּ֖י | libi | heart my | H3820 → | 595 times |
| וּבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נַפְשִֽׁי׃ ס | nafshi | being my | H5315 → | 754 times |
וְשַׂשְׂתִּ֥יand I will rejoice
vesastiH7797 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
לְהֵטִ֣יבto do good to
lehetivH3190 →117 times
אוֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וּנְטַעְתִּ֞יםand I will plant them
uneta'timH5193 →58 times
בָּאָ֤רֶץin the land
baaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּאת֙<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
בֶּאֱמֶ֔תin faithfulness
beemetH571 →127 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
לִבִּ֖יheart my
libiH3820 →595 times
וּבְכָל־and with all
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
נַפְשִֽׁי׃ סbeing my
nafshiH5315 →754 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
Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
it leads to
- Psalms 149:4
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
- Psalms 147:11
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- Isaiah 62:4–5
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will…
- Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Psalms 149:4
Through
Jeremiah 24:6I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 42:10
‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster…
- Jeremiah 29:10
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 42:10
Through
Amos 9:15I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Jeremiah 24:6
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2036: “The Whole-Heartedness of God in Blessing His People” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); 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.