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Jeremiah 7:23

but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

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ASV

but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

KJV

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkithatH3588 →
אִֽם־'im-exceptH518 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַדָּבָ֣רha.da.Varthe matterH1697 →
הַ֠זֶּהHa.zeh<the> thisH2088 →
צִוִּ֨יתִיtzi.Vi.tiI commandedH6680 →
אוֹתָ֤ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
לֵאמֹר֙le.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
שִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UlistenH8085 →
בְקוֹלִ֔יve.ko.Lito voice myH6963 →
וְהָיִ֤יתִיve.ha.Yi.tiand I will becomeH1961 →
לָכֶם֙la.Khemfor <the> you
לֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle.lo.Him<into> GodH430 →
וְאַתֶּ֖םve.'a.Temand youH859 →
תִּֽהְיוּ־tih.yu-you will becomeH1961 →
לִ֣יlifor <the> me
לְעָ֑םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971 →
וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗םva.ha.lakh.Temand you will walkH1980 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin everyH3605 →
הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekh<the> wayH1870 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אֲצַוֶּ֣ה'a.tza.VehI will commandH6680 →
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616 →
יִיטַ֥בyi.Tavit may go wellH3190 →
לָכֶֽם׃la.Khemfor <the> you

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Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”Deuteronomy 5:33You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Leviticus 26:12I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.Jeremiah 42:6Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimPsalms 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.Job 36:11If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.Deuteronomy 6:3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Deuteronomy 13:4You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.Deuteronomy 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”Jeremiah 11:4which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.Deuteronomy 30:2and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,2 Corinthians 10:5We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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