Jeremiah 31:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² Thus said יהוה, “A people escaped from the sword found favour in the wilderness, Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Thus says the Lord: The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness [place of exile]–when Israel sought to find rest.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

Common English Bible

² The LORD proclaims: The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness. As Israel searched for a place of rest,

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Thus says the Lord: "The people who had remained after the sword, found grace in the desert. Israel will go to his rest."

Jeremiah 31:2 Cross References

Psalm 78:52

Then made His own people go forth like sheep, And led them in the wilderness like a flock.

Psalm 95:11

“As I swore in My wrath, ‘If they enter into My rest...’ ”

Exodus 1:16

and he said, “When you deliver the Heḇ

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every daughter.”

Exodus 12:37

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 2:23

And it came to be after these many days that the sovereign of Mitsrayim died. And the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 33:14

And He said, “My Presence does go, and I shall give you rest.”

Exodus 5:21

And they said to them, “Let יהוה  look on you and judge, because you have made us loathsome in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to give a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go, and you shall cry in the hearing of Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your bridehood, when you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

Ezekiel 20:35

“And I shall bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and shall enter into judgment with you face to face there.

Hosea 11:4

“I drew them with ropes of man, with cords of love, and I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. And I bent down, fed them.

Numbers 10:33

So they set out from the mountain of יהוה  on a journey of three days. And the ark of the covenant of יהוה  went before them for the three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

Numbers 14:20

And יהוה  said, “I shall forgive, according to your word,

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I shall give you rest.

Deuteronomy 1:30

‘יהוה  your Elohim, who is going before you, He does fight for you, according to all He did for you in Mitsrayim before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 1:33

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

Deuteronomy 12:9

“Because you have not yet entered the rest and the inheritance which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you.

Deuteronomy 2:7

“For יהוה  your Elohim has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He has known your wandering through this great wilderness. These forty years יהוה  your Elohim has been with you, you have not lacked any matter.” ’

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, in order to humble you and to try you, to do you good in the end,

Joshua 1:13

“Remember the word which Mosheh, servant of יהוה, commanded you, saying, ‘יהוה  your Elohim is giving you rest, and He shall give you this land.’