So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
Parallel translations
- WEB So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day and forward.
- BSB From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
- NKJV So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.
- NASB And the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, from that day onward.
- NLT And from that time on the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
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Quick answer
From that day on, Israel knows that Yahweh is their God. The deliverance renews and confirms the covenant relationship.
Overview
The house of Israel will know that Yahweh is their God 'from that day and forward,' marking a lasting, settled recognition. The phrase signals a turning point in covenant relationship after the long discipline of exile. This assured, enduring knowledge of God as one's own God is the heart of the new covenant promise, brought to fullness through Christ and the gift of the Spirit.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Jer 24:7And 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.
- Ezek 39:7So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
- Jer 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
- Ezek 39:28Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
- Ezek 28:26And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
- Ezek 34:30Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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