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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 24:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 24:7 |
King James |
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Jer 30:22; Jer 31:33; Jer 32:38). Their conversion from idolatry to the one true God, through the chastening effect of the Babylonish captivity, is here expressed in language which, in its fulness, applies to the more complete conversion hereafter of the Jews, "with their whole heart" (Jer 29:13), through the painful discipline of their present dispersion. The source of their conversion is here stated to be God's prevenient grace.
for they shall return--Repentance, though not the cause of pardon, is its invariable accompaniment: it is the effect of God's giving a heart to know Him. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They shall be my people - I will renew my covenant with them, for they will return to me with them whole heart. |
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.