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With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, <i>saying</i>, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD has appeared of old to me, <i>saying:</i> “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to him long ago, <i>saying,</i> “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with kindness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, &#8220I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The LORD appeared to him from afar, <i>saying,</i> “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh appeared to him from afar, <i>saying</i>, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to me (Israel) from ages past, <i>saying,</i> “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you <i>and</i> continued My faithfulness to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to me in a faraway place and said, "I love you with an everlasting love. So I will continue to show you my kindness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to Israel from far away and said, "I've loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I've drawn you with gracious love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: ?I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In a far-off land the LORD will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, 'I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH has appeared to me from afar, “I have loved you with perpetual love, "" Therefore I have drawn you [with] kindness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee with kindness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah was seen to me from afar off; and I loved thee an eternal love: for this I drew thee in kindness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Lord appeared to me from a distance: “And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Therefore, showing pity, I have drawn you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />from afar the LORD appears: With age-old love I have loved you; so I have kept my mercy toward you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has appeared to me from afar, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />From a distance LORD JEHOVAH appeared to me and he said to me: “The love of eternity has loved you; because of this, I have dragged you to grace <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />From afar the LORD appeared unto me.' 'Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; Therefore with affection have I drawn thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord appeared to him from afar, <i>saying</i>, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn thee in compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=9162" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/31.htm">Mourning Turned to Joy</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.” <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: nir·’āh (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">appeared</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to us</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: mê·rā·ḥō·wq (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">in the past, saying:</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ă·haḇ·tîḵ (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">“I have loved</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">you with an everlasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/160.htm" title="160: wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Love (noun). Feminine of 'ahab and meaning the same.">love;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4900.htm" title="4900: mə·šaḵ·tîḵ (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To draw, drag. A primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications.">I have drawn you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥā·seḏ (N-ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">with loving devotion.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Hosea 11:4</a></span><br />I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">Deuteronomy 7:8</a></span><br />But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm">Isaiah 54:8</a></span><br />In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-17.htm">Psalm 103:17</a></span><br />But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2</a></span><br />“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a></span><br />For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8</a></span><br />But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-5</a></span><br />But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-9.htm">1 John 4:9-10</a></span><br />This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm">Isaiah 43:4</a></span><br />Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm">Zephaniah 3:17</a></span><br />The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a></span><br />Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-1.htm">Psalm 136:1-2</a></span><br />Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever. / Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-9.htm">John 15:9</a></span><br />As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-38.htm">Romans 8:38-39</a></span><br />For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.</p><p class="hdg">of old.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7-9</a></b></br> The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye <i>were</i> the fewest of all people: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Deuteronomy 10:15</a></b></br> Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, <i>even</i> you above all people, as <i>it is</i> this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Deuteronomy 33:3,26</a></b></br> Yea, he loved the people; all his saints <i>are</i> in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; <i>every one</i> shall receive of thy words… </p><p class="hdg">an.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-17.htm">Psalm 103:17</a></b></br> But the mercy of the LORD <i>is</i> from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-17.htm">Isaiah 45:17</a></b></br> <i>But</i> Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm">Isaiah 54:8,9</a></b></br> In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer… </p><p class="hdg">with loving-kindness have I drawn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Song of Solomon 1:4</a></b></br> Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Hosea 11:4</a></b></br> I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-44.htm">John 6:44,45</a></b></br> No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/30-10.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Affection</a> <a href="/songs/2-12.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-10.htm">Far</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-5.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-6.htm">Lovingkindness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-8.htm">Past</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/mark/14-45.htm">Affection</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-16.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-20.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-41.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">Far</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/daniel/9-23.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/genesis/19-19.htm">Lovingkindness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm">Past</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-1.htm">The restoration of Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-10.htm">The publication thereof.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Rahel mourning is comforted.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-18.htm">Ephraim repenting is brought home again.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Christ is promised.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-27.htm">His care over the church.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">His new covenant.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-35.htm">The stability,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">and amplitude of the church.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The appearance of the LORD often signifies divine revelation or intervention, as seen in the lives of patriarchs like Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>) and Moses (<a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">Exodus 3:2</a>). It underscores God's active role in guiding and communicating with His people throughout history. The past tense indicates a continuity of God's presence and promises, which are foundational to Israel's identity and faith.<p><b>I have loved you with an everlasting love;</b><br>This statement highlights the eternal nature of God's love for His people. The concept of "everlasting" suggests a love that transcends time, reflecting God's unchanging nature (<a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Malachi 3:6</a>). This love is covenantal, rooted in the promises made to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a>) and reaffirmed through the prophets. It is a love that persists despite Israel's unfaithfulness, pointing to God's grace and mercy. This everlasting love is also a type of Christ's sacrificial love for the Church (<a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25</a>).<p><b>therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.</b><br>The drawing of Israel with "loving devotion" indicates God's initiative in restoring and maintaining the relationship with His people. This phrase can be connected to the imagery of God as a shepherd leading His flock (<a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23:1-3</a>). The Hebrew word for "drawn" can imply attraction or pulling towards, suggesting God's gentle and persistent call to repentance and reconciliation. This reflects the New Testament theme of God's kindness leading to repentance (<a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a>). The loving devotion is a precursor to the new covenant promise of a transformed heart (<a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a>), ultimately fulfilled in Christ's redemptive work.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who reveals His eternal love and faithfulness to His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of both judgment and hope to the people of Judah during a time of national crisis.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, often depicted as straying from Him, yet continually pursued by His steadfast love.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The context in which Jeremiah prophesied, a period of punishment and purification for Israel, but also a time of promised restoration.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The ongoing relationship between God and Israel, characterized by God's promises and Israel's obligations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_everlasting_love.htm">God's Everlasting Love</a></b><br>God's love is eternal and unchanging, providing a foundation of security and hope for believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_initiative.htm">Divine Initiative</a></b><br>God takes the first step in drawing us to Himself, emphasizing His grace and mercy in our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite human unfaithfulness, God remains committed to His promises, encouraging us to trust in His steadfastness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/response_to_god's_love.htm">Response to God's Love</a></b><br>Our response to God's love should be one of gratitude, obedience, and a desire to draw closer to Him in return.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Even in times of discipline or hardship, God's love assures us of eventual restoration and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 31</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god's_love_persist_despite_israel.htm">How does God's love endure despite Israel's unfaithfulness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_jeremiah_31_with_jewish_divisions.htm">How do we reconcile Jeremiah 31’s vision of a unified Israel with ongoing historical divisions among Jewish communities?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_you_love_each_other_forever.htm">Will you love and cherish each other forever?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_7_align_with_restoration.htm">If Ezekiel 7 portrays imminent destruction, how do we align that with later passages in the Bible that describe restoration and continued divine protection? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">The Lord hath appeared of old unto me . . .</span>--The Hebrew adverb more commonly refers to distance than to time. <span class= "ital">From afar the Lord appeared unto me. </span>The thought is that of a deliverer who hears the cry of his people in the distance, and then draws near to help them. Jehovah enthroned in Zion, or in the heaven of heavens, hears the cry of the exiles by the waters of Babylon or Nineveh.<p><span class= "bld">Therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.</span>--Some translators render <span class= "ital">I have preserved </span>(or <span class= "ital">respited</span>)<span class= "ital"> thee, </span>others <span class= "ital">I have continued my loving kindness to thee, </span>as in <a href="/psalms/36-10.htm" title="O continue your loving kindness to them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart.">Psalm 36:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/109-12.htm" title="Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.">Psalm 109:12</a>; but the LXX., Vulg., and Luther agree with the English Version, and it finds sufficient support in the meaning of the Hebrew verb and in the parallel of <a href="/hosea/11-4.htm" title="I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat to them.">Hosea 11:4</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord hath appeared of old unto me.</span> The Church of the faithful Israel is the speaker. "From afar" (so we ought to render, rather than "of old") she sees Jehovah, with the eye of faith, approaching to redeem her; comp. <a href="/isaiah/40-10.htm">Isaiah 40:10</a> and Isaiah 59:20 (only that in these passages it is to Jerusalem, and not to Babylon, that Jehovah "comes" as the Redeemer); also the promise in <a href="/jeremiah/30-10.htm">Jeremiah 30:10</a>, "I will save thee from afar," and <a href="/jeremiah/51-50.htm">Jeremiah 51:50</a>, quoted above. (Septuagint reads "unto him;" but an abrupt change of person is not uncommon in Hebrew.) Saying, <span class="cmt_word">Yea, I have loved thee,</span> etc. "Saying" is inserted to make the connection plainer. The genius of Hebrew does not require such a distinct indication of a change of speakers as our Western languages. For other instances of this, see <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Genesis 4:25</a>; <a href="/genesis/26-7.htm">Genesis 26:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/32-31.htm">Genesis 32:31</a>; <a href="/1_kings/20-34.htm">1 Kings 20:34</a>. <span class="cmt_word">With loving kindness have I drawn thee;</span> rather, <span class="accented">do I continue loving kindness unto thee.</span> "To continue" is literally, <span class="accented">to draw out at length.</span> The idea is the same as that in the great prophecy which follows that of the suffering Saviour, "With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee" (<a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm">Isaiah 54:8</a>; comp. ver. 10). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">appeared</span><br /><span class="heb">נִרְאָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(nir·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to him</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">from afar:</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרָח֕וֹק</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rā·ḥō·wq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote, of place, time, precious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“I have loved</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·haḇ·tîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you with an everlasting</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">love;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַהֲבַ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_160.htm">Strong's 160: </a> </span><span class="str2">Love (noun)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have drawn you</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·šaḵ·tîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4900.htm">Strong's 4900: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw, drag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with loving devotion.</span><br /><span class="heb">חָֽסֶד׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·seḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 31:3 Yahweh appeared of old to me saying (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/31-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/31-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 31:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 31:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>