Then God led Israel like a shepherd.\par He led his people like sheep into the desert.\par
Jeremiah 31:2 - Easy To Read Version The Lord says:\par “The people who escaped the enemy’s sword\par will find comfort in the desert.\par Israel will go there looking for rest.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 Thus says the Lord: "The people who had remained after the sword, found grace in the desert. Israel will go to his rest." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: The people that were left and escaped from the sword found grace in the desert: Israel shall go to his rest. |
Then God led Israel like a shepherd.\par He led his people like sheep into the desert.\par
So I was angry, and I swore (promised)\par they would not enter my land of rest.\par
The king said, “You will continue to help the Hebrew [2] women give birth to their children. If a girl baby is born, then let the baby live. But if the baby is a boy, then you must kill him!”
So Pharaoh [5] gave this command to his own people: “Let all the girl babies live. But every time a {Hebrew} boy baby is born, you must throw him into the Nile River.”
The people of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about 600,000 men. This does not include the children.
A long time passed and that king of Egypt died. But the people of Israel were still forced to work very hard. They cried for help, and God heard them.
The Lord answered, “I myself will go with you. I will lead you. [334] ”
So they said to Moses and Aaron, “You really made a mistake when you told Pharaoh to let us go. May the Lord punish you because you caused Pharaoh and his rulers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”
I will lead you into a desert \{like I did before\}. But this will be a place where other nations live. We will stand face to face and I will judge you.
I led them with ropes. {\cf2\super [119]} \par But they were ropes of love.\par I was like a person who set them free. {\cf2\super [120]} \par I bent down and fed them.\par
{So Hobab agreed,} and they began traveling from the mountain of the Lord. The priests took the Box of the Lord’s Agreement [155] and walked in front of the people. They carried the Holy Box for three days, looking for a place to camp.
“Come to me all you people that are tired and have heavy burdens. I will give you rest.
The Lord your God will go before you and fight for you. He will do this the same as he did in Egypt. You saw him go before you there
When you were traveling, he went before you to find a place for you to put your camp. He went before you in a fire by night and in a cloud by day to show you which way you should go.
Why? Because we have not yet entered the peaceful land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Remember that the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He knows about your walking through this great desert. The Lord your God has been with you these 40 years. You have always had everything you needed.’
In the desert, the Lord fed you manna [53] —something your ancestors [54] had never seen. The Lord tested you. Why? Because the Lord made you humble so that things would go well for you in the end.
“Remember what the Lord’s servant Moses told you. He said that the Lord your God would give you a place to rest. The Lord will give you that land!