Jeremiah 31:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some time ago, the LORD appeared to me and told me to say: Israel, I will always love you; that's why I've been so patient and kind.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:9

I praise the LORD your God. He is pleased with you and has made you king of Israel. The LORD loves Israel, so he has given them a king who will rule fairly and honestly.

Psalm 103:17

The LORD is always kind to those who worship him, and he keeps his promises to their descendants

Psalm 25:6

Please, LORD, remember, you have always been patient and kind.

Song of Solomon 1:4

Hurry, my king! Let's hurry. Take me to your home. We are happy for you! And we praise your love even more than wine. Young women of Jerusalem, it is only right that you should adore him. My skin is dark and beautiful, like a tent in the desert or like Solomon's curtains.

Isaiah 43:4

To me, you are very dear, and I love you. That's why I gave up nations and people to rescue you.

Isaiah 45:17

But Israel, I, the LORD, will always keep you safe and free from shame.

Isaiah 49:14

The people of Zion said, “The LORD has turned away and forgotten us.”

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.

Hosea 11:4

I led them with kindness and with love, not with ropes. I held them close to me; I bent down to feed them.

Malachi 1:2

Israel, I, the LORD, have loved you. And yet you ask in what way have I loved you. Don't forget that Esau was the brother of your ancestor Jacob, but I chose Jacob

Romans 8:30

God then accepted the people he had already decided to choose, and he has shared his glory with them.

Romans 9:13

That's why the Scriptures say that the Lord liked Jacob more than Esau.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet the LORD loved your ancestors and wanted them to belong to him. So he chose them and their descendants rather than any other nation, and today you are still his people.

Deuteronomy 33:26

Israel, no other god is like ours— the clouds are his chariot as he rides across the skies to come and help us.

Deuteronomy 33:3

The LORD loves the tribes of Israel, and he protects his people. They listen to his words and worship at his feet.

Deuteronomy 4:37

The LORD loved your ancestors and decided that you would be his people. So the LORD used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and chose us to be his holy people. We did nothing to deserve this, but God planned it because he is so kind. Even before time began God planned for Christ Jesus to show kindness to us.

James 1:18

He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.

1 John 4:19

We love because God loved us first.