For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh says: “Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.
- KJV For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
- NKJV “For thus says the Lord: ‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them.
- NASB For this is what the Lord says: ‘Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the good that I am promising them.
- NLT “This is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all these calamities on them, so I will do all the good I have promised them.
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Quick answer
As surely as God brought this great disaster, so He will bring all the promised good. The certainty of judgment guarantees the certainty of blessing.
Overview
God reasons from the fulfilled judgment to the coming good: His reliable word ensures both. If His threats came true, His promises will too. This logic gives firm assurance that God's gracious purposes are as certain as His just ones, an assurance believers share in the unbreakable promises of God secured in Christ (2 Cor. 1:20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 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.
- Josh 23:14–15Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
- Zech 8:14–15For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Jer 33:10–11This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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