whichI commandedyour forefathersin the daythat I broughtthem out of the landof Egypt,from the ironfurnace,saying,Listento My voice,and doaccording to allwhichI commandyou; so you shall be My people,and I will be your God,'
"I will giveto you and to your descendantsafteryou, the landof your sojournings,allthe landof Canaan,for an everlastingpossession;and I will be their God."
(for they are Your peopleand Your inheritancewhichYou have broughtforthfrom Egypt,from the midstof the ironfurnace),
For he clungto the LORD;he did not departfrom followingHim, but keptHis commandments,whichthe LORDhad commandedMoses.
but showinglovingkindnessto thousands,to those who loveMe and keepMy commandments.
The oracleconcerning the beastsof the Negev.Through a landof distressand anguish,From where[come] lionessand lion,viperand flyingserpent,They carrytheir richeson the backsof youngdonkeysAnd their treasureson camels'humps,To a peoplewho cannotprofit[them];
"Behold,I have refinedyou, but not as silver;I have testedyou in the furnaceof affliction.
For I solemnlywarnedyour fathersin the daythat I broughtthem up from the landof Egypt,even to thisday,warningpersistently,saying,"Listento My voice."
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.
"Nowtherefore amendyour waysand your deedsand obeythe voiceof the LORDyour God;and the LORDwill changeHis mindaboutthe misfortunewhichHe has pronouncedagainstyou.
You shall be My people,And I will be your God.'"
Thereforethussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am about to givethiscityinto the handof the Chaldeansand into the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon,and he will takeit.
But Jeremiahsaid,"They will not giveyou over. Pleaseobeythe LORDin whatI am sayingto you, that it may gowellwith you and you may live.
that they may walkin My statutesand keepMy ordinancesand dothem. Then they will be My people,and I shall be their God.
in orderthat the houseof Israelmay nolongerstrayfrom Me and nolongerdefilethemselves with alltheir transgressions.Thus they will be My people,and I shall be their God,"' declaresthe LordGOD."
"You will livein the landthat I gaveto your forefathers;so you will be My people,and I will be your God.
"They will nolongerdefilethemselves with their idols,or with their detestablethings,or with anyof their transgressions;but I will deliverthem from alltheir dwellingplacesin whichthey have sinned,and will cleansethem. And they will be My people,and I will be their God.
"My dwellingplacealso will be with them; and I will be their God,and they will be My people.
ThenNebuchadnezzarcamenearto the doorof the furnaceof blazingfire;he respondedand said,"Shadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego,comeout, you servantsof the MostHighGod,and comehere!"ThenShadrach,Meshachand Abed-negocameout of the midstof the fire.
I will also walkamongyou and be your God,and you shall be My people.
Ifyou walkin My statutesand keepMy commandmentsso as to carrythem out,
"And I will bringthe thirdpartthrough the fire,Refinethem as silveris refined,And testthem as goldis tested.They will callon My name,And I will answerthem; I will say,They are My people,'And they will say,'The LORDis my God.'"
"Those whoare faroff will comeand buildthe templeof the LORD."Then you will knowthat the LORDof hostshas sentme to you. And it will takeplaceifyou completelyobeythe LORDyour God.
and I will bringthem [back] and they will livein the midstof Jerusalem;and they shall be My people,and I will be their Godin truthand righteousness.'
teachingthem to observeallthat I commandedyou; and lo,I amwith you always,evento the endof the age."
Orwhatagreementhas the templeof Godwith idols?For we are the templeof the livingGod;justas Godsaid,"I WILL DWELLIN THEM AND WALK AMONGTHEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
the blessing,ifyou listento the commandmentsof the LORDyour God,whichI am commandingyou today;
"But the LORDhas takenyou and broughtyou out of the ironfurnace,from Egypt,to be a peoplefor His own possession,as today.
I am the LORDyour Godwhobroughtyou out of the landof Egypt,out of the houseof slavery.
And having been made perfect,He becameto allthosewho obeyHim the sourceof eternalsalvation,
Samuelsaid,"Has the LORDas much delightin burntofferingsand sacrificesAs in obeyingthe voiceof the LORD?Behold,to obeyis betterthansacrifice,[And] to heedthanthe fatof rams.
