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.’
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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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Quick answer
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 24:6For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Zeph 3:17Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
- Isa 62:5For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Amos 9:15I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
- Hos 2:19–20I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.
- Isa 65:19I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more.
- Jer 31:28It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant,” says Yahweh.
- Deut 30:9Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;
- Jer 18:9At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
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