Jeremiah 31:36

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““Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.””

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BSBPD

““Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 31:36 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
  2. Psalms 72:5May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
  3. Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
  4. Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  5. Psalms 102:28The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
  6. Psalms 119:89Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
  7. Psalms 148:6He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
  8. Isaiah 54:9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
  9. Jeremiah 33:20“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
  10. Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
  11. Jeremiah 46:28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  12. Amos 9:8Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

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