Jeremiah 31:2

God's Relationship With His People

¹ “At that time,” says the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.” ² 
Thus says the Lord,
“The people who survived the sword
Found grace in the wilderness [of exile]—
Israel (the Northern Kingdom), when it went to find its rest.”
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The Lord appeared to me (Israel) from ages past, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

By the Sword

In the Wilderness

Lord Said

People of Israel

Says the Lord

Thus Says the Lord

In The Desert

This Is What The Lord Says

Israel

Jehovah

Numbers 10:33

So they set out from the mountain of the Lord (Sinai) three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went in front of them during the three days’ journey to seek out a resting place for them.

Deuteronomy 1:33

who went before you along the way, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to seek a place for you to make camp and to show you the way in which you should go.

Psalm 95:11

“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”

Exodus 1:16

“When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born [to the Hebrews] must be thrown into the Nile, but every daughter you shall keep alive.”

Exodus 2:23

Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.

Exodus 5:21

And the foremen said to them, “May the Lord look upon you and judge you, because you have made us odious (something hated) in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and you have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Exodus 12:37

Now the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides [the women and] the children.

Exodus 14:8-12

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, as they were leaving confidently and defiantly.

Exodus 15:9-10

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied against them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’

Exodus 17:8-13

Then Amalek [and his people] came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

Exodus 33:14

And the Lord said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest [by bringing you and the people into the promised land].”

Numbers 14:20

So the Lord said, “I have pardoned them according to your word;

Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you Himself, just as He did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes,

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known about your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”’

Deuteronomy 8:2-3

And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you manna in the wilderness, [a substance] which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you [by dependence on Him] and that He might test you, to do good [things] for you at the end.

Deuteronomy 12:9

For you have not yet come to the resting place and to the inheritance which the Lord your God is giving you.

Nehemiah 9:12-15

“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,
And with a pillar of fire by night
To light the way for them
In which they were to go.

Psalm 78:14-16

In the daytime He led them with a cloud
And all the night with a light of fire.

Psalm 78:23-29

Yet He commanded the clouds from above
And opened the doors of heaven;

Psalm 78:52

But God led His own people forward like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock.

Psalm 105:37-43

He brought the sons of Israel out [of Egypt] with silver and gold,
And among their tribes there was not one who stumbled.

Psalm 136:16-24

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Isaiah 63:7-14

I will tell of the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has done for us,
And His great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has shown them according to His compassion
And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,

“I remember [earnestly] the lovingkindness and devotion of your youth,
Your time of betrothal [like that of a bride during the early years in Egypt and again at Sinai],
When you followed Me in the wilderness,
Through a land not sown.

Ezekiel 20:14-17

But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery].

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].

Hebrews 4:8-9

[This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak about another day [of opportunity] after that.