And I will betrothyou to Me in faithfulness.Then you will knowthe LORD.
and with everylivingcreaturethat is with you, the birds,the cattle,and everybeastof the earthwith you; of allthat comesout of the ark,even everybeastof the earth.
And He will judgebetweenthe nations,And will renderdecisionsfor manypeoples;And they will hammertheir swordsinto plowsharesand their spearsinto pruninghooks.Nationwill not liftup swordagainstnation,And neveragainwill they learnwar.
It will nolongerbe saidto you, "Forsaken,"Norto your landwill it anylongerbe said,"Desolate";But you will be called,"My delightis in her," And your land,"Married";For the LORDdelightsin you, And [to Him] your landwill be married.
I will givethem a heartto knowMe, for I am the LORD;and they will be My people,and I will be their God,for they will returnto Me with their wholeheart.
Fearnot, O JacobMy servant,'declaresthe LORD,'And do not be dismayed,O Israel;For behold,I will saveyou from afarAnd your offspringfrom the landof their captivity.And Jacobwill returnand will be quietand at ease,And noonewill makehim afraid.
"I will rejoiceoverthem to dothem goodand will faithfullyplantthem in thislandwith allMy heartand with allMy soul.
but let him who boastsboastof this,that he understandsand knowsMe, that I am the LORDwho exerciseslovingkindness,justiceand righteousnesson earth;for I delightin thesethings,"declaresthe LORD.
"Thus I will establishMy covenantwith you, and you shall knowthat I am the LORD,
"Then I passedby you and sawyou, and behold,you were at the timefor love;so I spreadMy skirtoveryou and coveredyour nakedness.I also sworeto you and enteredinto a covenantwith you so that you becameMine," declaresthe LordGOD.
"I will makea covenantof peacewith them and eliminateharmfulbeastsfrom the landso that they may livesecurelyin the wildernessand sleepin the woods.
"Also the treeof the fieldwill yieldits fruitand the earthwill yieldits increase,and they will be secureon their land.Then they will knowthat I am the LORD,when I have brokenthe barsof their yokeand have deliveredthem from the handof those who enslavedthem.
"I will magnifyMyself, sanctifyMyself, and makeMyself knownin the sightof manynations;and they will knowthat I am the LORD."'
Yet I [have been] the LORDyour GodSincethe landof Egypt;And you were not to knowany godexceptMe, For thereis nosaviorbesidesMe.
"I will betrothyou to Me forever;Yes, I will betrothyou to Me in righteousnessand in justice,In lovingkindnessand in compassion,
For I delightin loyaltyratherthansacrifice,And in the knowledgeof Godratherthanburntofferings.
Indeed, your threshingwill lastfor you untilgrapegathering,and grapegatheringwill lastuntilsowingtime.You will thus eatyour foodto the fulland livesecurelyin your land.
I shall also grantpeacein the land,so that you may liedownwith noonemaking [you] tremble.I shall also eliminateharmfulbeastsfrom the land,and noswordwill passthroughyour land.
And He will judgebetweenmanypeoplesAnd renderdecisionsfor mighty,distantnations.Then they will hammertheir swordsinto plowsharesAnd their spearsinto pruninghooks;Nationwill not liftup swordagainstnation,And neveragainwill they trainfor war.
I will cutoffthe chariotfrom EphraimAnd the horsefrom Jerusalem;And the bowof warwill be cutoff.And He will speakpeaceto the nations;And His dominionwill be from seato sea,And from the Riverto the endsof the earth.
"All thingshave been handed overto Me by My Father;and no oneknowsthe Sonexceptthe Father;nordoes anyoneknowthe Fatherexceptthe Son,and anyone to whomthe Sonwillsto reveal[Him].
"All thingshave been handed overto Me by My Father,and no oneknowswhothe Sonis exceptthe Father,and whothe Fatheris exceptthe Son,and anyone to whomthe Sonwillsto reveal[Him]."
"Thisis eternallife,that they may knowYou, the onlytrue God,and JesusChristwhomYou have sent.
and you have not come to knowHim, but I knowHim; and ifI saythat I do not knowHim, I will be a liarlikeyou, but I do knowHim and keepHis word.
For God,who said,"Lightshall shineout of darkness,"is the One whohas shonein our heartsto give the Lightof the knowledgeof the gloryof Godin the faceof Christ.
More thanthat, I countallthingsto be lossin viewof the surpassing valueof knowingChristJesusmy Lord,for whomI have suffered the lossof all things,and countthem but rubbishsothat I may gainChrist,
so that you will walkin a manner worthyof the Lord,to please[Him] in allrespects,bearing fruitin everygoodworkand increasingin the knowledgeof God;
For thisreasonI alsosufferthese things,but I am not ashamed;for I knowwhomI have believedand I am convincedthat He is ableto guardwhat I have entrustedto Him untilthat day.
"AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACHEVERYONEHIS FELLOW CITIZEN,AND EVERYONEHIS BROTHER,SAYING,'KNOWTHE LORD,'FOR ALLWILL KNOWME, FROM THE LEASTTO THE GREATESTOF THEM.
We are from God;he who knowsGodlistensto us; he whois not from Goddoes not listento us. By thiswe knowthe spiritof truthand the spiritof error.
And we knowthat the Sonof Godhas come,and has givenus understandingsothat we may knowHim whois true;and we are in Him who is true,in His SonJesusChrist.Thisis the true Godand eternallife.
