THEOSISJeremiah 31:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee.
מֵרָח֕וֹק יְהוָ֖ה נִרְאָ֣ה לִ֑י וְאַהֲבַ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ עַל־כֵּ֖ן מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ חָֽסֶד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 103 (102):17
- Isa 54:8In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from thee, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer.
- Isa 54:9This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.
- Hos 11:4I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love: and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.
- Deut 33:3He hath loved the people, all the saints are in his hand: and they that approach to his feet, shall receive of his doctrine.
- Eph 2:4But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us
- Eph 2:5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved)
- 1 John 4:19Let us therefore love God: because God first hath loved us.