Jeremiah 13:11

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Summary

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

I caused

For a name

But

Bible References

I caused

And now if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all the nations; for all the earth is Mine.

For who is a great nation whose God is coming near to them, as Jehovah our God is, in all our calling on Him?

And Jehovah has taken you today to be His peculiar people, as He has promised you, and to keep all His commandments,

He found him in a desert land, and in the deserted, howling wilderness. He led him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the pupil of His eye.

For Jehovah has chosen Jacob to Himself, and Israel for His peculiar treasure.

He has not done so with any nation; and they have not known His judgments. Praise Jehovah!

For a name

And it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them. And they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the riches that I bring to it.

This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

And they will call them, The Holy People, The Redeemed of Jehovah; and you will be called, Sought Out, a city not forsaken.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

But

This evil people, who refuse to hear My Words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart and walk after other gods to serve them and to worship them, shall even be like this girdle, which is good for nothing.

Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the ram's horn. But they said, We will not listen.

But My people would not listen to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.

And He sending Me, the Father Himself, has borne witness of Me. Neither have you heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape.