They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Parallel translations
- WEB and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
- KJV And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
- NKJV They shall be My people, and I will be their God;
- NASB They shall be My people, and I will be their God;
- NLT They will be my people, and I will be their God.
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Quick answer
God renews the covenant pledge: they shall be His people and He their God. It restates the heart of the covenant relationship.
Overview
This formula expresses the goal of all God's redemptive dealings: a people belonging to Him and a God belonging to them. After judgment, God reaffirms this bond, showing His unbreakable commitment. The promise reaches its fullness in Christ and finds its consummation in the new creation, where God dwells with His people as their God (Rev. 21:3).
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- Ezek 11:19–20And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- Jer 24:7I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Ps 144:15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
- Rev 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
- Heb 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Ezek 37:27My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Deut 26:17–19Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
- Zech 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Jer 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Gen 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Jer 30:22“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
- Jer 31:1“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
- Ezek 36:28Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- Ezek 39:28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- Ezek 39:22From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
- Heb 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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