Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 31:1 (show verse)
Jehovah proclaims: At that time I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 31:2 (show verse)
Jehovah says: The people who survived the sword (war) found favor in the wilderness. Israel went to find its rest.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 31:3 (show verse)
Jehovah appeared to him from afar, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
Jeremiah 31:4 (show verse)
I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines and go to the dances of the merrymakers.
Jeremiah 31:5 (show verse)
You will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. The planters will plant and will enjoy them.
Jeremiah 31:6 (show verse)
There will be a day when watchmen on the hills of Ephraim call out: 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to Jehovah our God.'
Access to God » Urge others to seek
divine Call » To worship » Call to worship in the sanctuary
Church » Zion
Ephraim » Mount of » Prophecy concerning its conversion
Watchman » On towers
Watchmen » Of a city
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Call to worship in the sanctuary
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Call to worship in the sanctuary
divine Call » To worship » Call to worship in the sanctuary
Church » Zion
Ephraim » Mount of » Prophecy concerning its conversion
Watchman » On towers
Watchmen » Of a city
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Call to worship in the sanctuary
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Call to worship in the sanctuary
Jeremiah 31:7 (show verse)
Jehovah says: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations. Proclaim! Give praise and say, O Jehovah, save your people, the remnant of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:8 (show verse)
I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.
Jeremiah 31:9 (show verse)
With weeping they will come. By supplication I will lead them. I will make them walk by streams of waters on a straight path in which they will not stumble. For I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Adoption » God is long-suffering and merciful towards the partakers of
Birthright » An honorable title
The tribe of Ephraim » The leading tribe of the kingdom of israel
Firstborn » Birthright of the » Honorable distinction of
the First-born » Objects of special love
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Israel/jews » The lord being a father to israel
Prayer » Accompanied with » Weeping
Repentance » Pardon, for sin
Birthright » An honorable title
The tribe of Ephraim » The leading tribe of the kingdom of israel
Firstborn » Birthright of the » Honorable distinction of
the First-born » Objects of special love
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Israel/jews » The lord being a father to israel
Prayer » Accompanied with » Weeping
Repentance » Pardon, for sin
Jeremiah 31:10 (show verse)
Hear the word of Jehovah, O nations. Declare in the coastlands afar off. Say: He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.
Christ, the shepherd » His sheep » He protects and preserves
Comfort » The lord comforting
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » He protects and preserves
Joy » Of saints, is » For deliverance from bondage
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherd » One who cares for flocks of sheep
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Comfort » The lord comforting
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
Jesus Christ » Shepherd, jesus the true » He protects and preserves
Joy » Of saints, is » For deliverance from bondage
Losing and things lost » The lord seeking and saving that which was lost
Shepherd » One who cares for flocks of sheep
Shepherds/pastors » The lord being a shepherd
Jeremiah 31:11 (show verse)
Jehovah will free the descendants of Jacob and reclaim them from those who are stronger than they are.
Jeremiah 31:12 (show verse)
They will come and shout for joy on top of Mount Zion. They will stream to it to enjoy Jehovah's blessings: fresh grain, new wine, olive oil, lambs and calves. Their lives will be like well-watered gardens, and they will never suffer again.
Jeremiah 31:13 (show verse)
Then young women will rejoice and dance along with young men and old men. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them. I will replace their sorrow with joy.
Afflicted saints » God comforts
Comfort » The lord comforting
Happiness/joy » The lord bringing joy
Joy » Of saints, is » For deliverance from bondage
Joy » Restored » At the deliverance of the nation
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears
Virgin » Figurative » Of the body of Christ (the ekklesia)
Woman » Young » Happy
Women » Are mirthsome
Comfort » The lord comforting
Happiness/joy » The lord bringing joy
Joy » Of saints, is » For deliverance from bondage
Joy » Restored » At the deliverance of the nation
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears
Virgin » Figurative » Of the body of Christ (the ekklesia)
Woman » Young » Happy
Women » Are mirthsome
Jeremiah 31:14 (show verse)
I will satisfy the priests with rich food. My people will be filled with my blessings, proclaims Jehovah.
Jeremiah 31:15 (show verse)
This is what Jehovah says: 'A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.'
Children » Grief occasioned by loss of
The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Very great
Mourning » Examples of grief
Prophecies respecting Christ » The slaying of the children of bethlehem
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Rachel weeping for her children (the slaughter of the infants in bethlehem predicted and fulfilled)
Ramah » Called rama » Prophecies concerning
The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Very great
Mourning » Examples of grief
Prophecies respecting Christ » The slaying of the children of bethlehem
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Rachel weeping for her children (the slaughter of the infants in bethlehem predicted and fulfilled)
Ramah » Called rama » Prophecies concerning
Jeremiah 31:16 (show verse)
This is what Jehovah says: 'Stop your crying, and wipe away your tears. You will be rewarded for your work,' declares Jehovah. 'You will return from the land of the enemy.'
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 31:17 (show verse)
Your future is filled with hope,' says Jehovah. 'Your children will return to their own territory.'
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 31:18 (show verse)
I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to seek God in prayer
Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may be turned to God
Bullock (ox) » Uses of » For plowing
Conversion » Pray for
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners
Self-will » Illustrated
Self-will and stubbornness » Illustrated
Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may be turned to God
Bullock (ox) » Uses of » For plowing
Conversion » Pray for
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
Oxen » Bull or bullock illustrative » (unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners
Self-will » Illustrated
Self-will and stubbornness » Illustrated
Jeremiah 31:19 (show verse)
We turned away from you. But soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'
Jeremiah 31:20 (show verse)
Ephraim, O Ephraim my dear delightful son! Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. My heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him, declares Jehovah.
Adoption » God is long-suffering and merciful towards the partakers of
Backsliding » Pardon of, promised
Bowels » Figurative » Of the sensibilities
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
The tribe of Ephraim » The leading tribe of the kingdom of israel
the First-born » Objects of special love
Backsliding » Pardon of, promised
Bowels » Figurative » Of the sensibilities
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Name of, applied to the ten tribes
The tribe of Ephraim » The leading tribe of the kingdom of israel
the First-born » Objects of special love
Jeremiah 31:21 (show verse)
Set up road marks. Place guideposts! Direct your mind to the highway, the way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel. Return to these your cities.
Jeremiah 31:22 (show verse)
How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For Jehovah has created a new thing in the earth. A woman will protect a man.
Jeremiah 31:23 (show verse)
Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel says: Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their prosperity. They will say: 'Jehovah bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy mountain!'
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 31:24 (show verse)
Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and the shepherds with the flocks.
Jeremiah 31:25 (show verse)
For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone filled with sorrow.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 31:26 (show verse)
At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant.
Jeremiah 31:27 (show verse)
Jehovah says: The time is coming when I will plant the nations of Israel and Judah with people and animals.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 31:28 (show verse)
I watched over them to uproot them and tear them down, to ruin and hurt them. Now I will watch over them to build them up. I will plant them, says Jehovah.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 31:29 (show verse)
When that time comes people will no longer say: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children's teeth are set on edge.'
Jeremiah 31:30 (show verse)
Each person will die for his own sin. Whoever eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:31 (show verse)
The time is coming, proclaims Jehovah, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 31:32 (show verse)
It will not be like the promise that I made to their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of Egypt. They rejected that promise, although I was a husband to them, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 31:33 (show verse)
This is the covenant (agreement) that I will make with Israel after those days, declares Jehovah. I will put my teachings (Law) inside them. I will write those teachings (Law) on their hearts (inner man) (mind) (will) (conscience) (understanding). I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Covenant » The second covenant
The Covenant » Renewed under the gospel
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Law » Bondage of » In the heart
The law of God » Saints » Have, written on their hearts
The promises of God » Subjects of » Putting the law into the heart
The bible » The law part of » In the heart
Writing » On the heart
The Covenant » Renewed under the gospel
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Law » Bondage of » In the heart
The law of God » Saints » Have, written on their hearts
The promises of God » Subjects of » Putting the law into the heart
The bible » The law part of » In the heart
Writing » On the heart
Jeremiah 31:34 (show verse)
No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying: 'Know Jehovah.' All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me, declares Jehovah. I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold (remember) their sins against them.
Covenant » The second covenant
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
God's Promises » Of mercy » Of pardon
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Knowledge » Spiritual knowledge, general references to » A cause for exultation
Pardon » Promised
Sinners » Pardon of » Promised
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
God's Promises » Of mercy » Of pardon
Gospel » Called the new covenant
Knowledge » Spiritual knowledge, general references to » A cause for exultation
Pardon » Promised
Sinners » Pardon of » Promised
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
Jeremiah 31:35 (show verse)
Jehovah provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. This is what Jehovah says:
Jeremiah 31:36 (show verse)
Only if this covenant is removed, declares Jehovah, will Israel's descendants stop being a nation in my presence.
Jeremiah 31:37 (show verse)
This is what Jehovah says: 'If the heavens could be measured or the foundations of the earth could be searched, I would reject all of Israel's descendants because of everything that they have done,' declares Jehovah.
Jeremiah 31:38 (show verse)
The time is coming, declares Jehovah, when the city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to Corner Gate.
Jeremiah 31:39 (show verse)
A measuring line will stretch from there straight to the Hill of Gareb, and then it will turn to Goah.
Jeremiah 31:40 (show verse)
The whole valley is filled with its dead bodies and ashes. The entire area to the Kidron Valley, as far as the corner of Horse Gate in the east, will be holy to Jehovah. It will never be uprooted or torn down again.