Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
- KJV Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
- NKJV Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’
- NASB I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and all My soul.
- NLT I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.
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God promises to rejoice in doing them good and to plant them firmly in the land with all His heart and soul. It reveals God's wholehearted delight in blessing His people.
Overview
Remarkably, God declares His own joy in showing kindness, planting His people securely with His whole heart and soul. This intense divine delight assures that restoration flows from God's gladness, not reluctance. The God who rejoices to do good to His people is seen in Christ, who joyfully redeems and gathers His own, and who rejoices over the recovered sinner (Luke 15:7; Zeph. 3:17).
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- Jer 24:6I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Zeph 3:17The 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.”
- Isa 62:5For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Amos 9:15I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- Hos 2:19–20So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- Isa 65:19I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
- Jer 31:28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- Deut 30:9So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
- Jer 18:9And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
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