Jeremiah 31:2

God's Relationship With His People

¹ "At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people." ² Thus says the Lord,
“The people who survived the sword
Found grace in the wilderness—
Israel, when it went to find its rest.”
³ the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have 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 mount of the LORD three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

Deuteronomy 1:33

who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.

Psalm 95:11

Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest."

Exodus 1:16

"When you serve as midwife 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, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live."

Exodus 2:23

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

Exodus 5:21

and they said to them, "The LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

Exodus 12:37

And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

Exodus 14:8-12

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly.

Exodus 15:9-10

The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.'

Exodus 17:8-13

Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

Exodus 33:14

And he said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

Numbers 14:20

Then the LORD said, "I have pardoned, according to your word.

Deuteronomy 1:30

The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going 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 the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.

Deuteronomy 12:9

for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Nehemiah 9:12-15

By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.

Psalm 78:14-16

In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

Psalm 78:23-29

Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,

Psalm 78:52

Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

Psalm 105:37-43

Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.

Psalm 136:16-24

to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Isaiah 63:7-14

I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

Jeremiah 2:2

"Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the LORD, "I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Ezekiel 20:14-17

But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 4:8-9

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.