Jeremiah 11:4 “which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land…”

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

World English Bible

which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,’ saying, ‘Obey my voice and do them, according to all which I command you; so you shall be my people, and I will be your God;

American Standard Version

which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God;

Geneva Bible 1599

Which I commanded vnto your fathers, when I brought them out of the lande of Egypt, from the yron fornace, saying, Obey my voyce, and doe according to all these things, which I commande you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God,

Darby Translation

which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Hearken unto my voice and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

Young's Literal Translation

That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God,

Bible in Basic English

To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:

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Cross references

“I commanded”

Exodus 24:3–8 Hebrews 8:8–10 Deuteronomy 29:10–15 Ezekiel 20:6–12 Jeremiah 31:32 Deuteronomy 5:2

Exodus 24:3–8 · BSB

When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

Hebrews 8:8–10 · BSB

But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Deuteronomy 29:10–15 · BSB

All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:6–12 · BSB

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

Jeremiah 31:32 · BSB

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, ” declares the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:2 · BSB

The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

“iron”

Deuteronomy 4:20 1 Kings 8:51 Isaiah 48:10

Deuteronomy 4:20 · BSB

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

1 Kings 8:51 · BSB

For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

Isaiah 48:10 · BSB

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

“Obey”

Leviticus 26:12 Jeremiah 26:13 Leviticus 26:3 Deuteronomy 11:27 Exodus 20:6 Deuteronomy 28:1–14

Leviticus 26:12 · BSB

I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.

Jeremiah 26:13 · BSB

So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

Leviticus 26:3 · BSB

If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,

Deuteronomy 11:27 · BSB

a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

Exodus 20:6 · BSB

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Deuteronomy 28:1–14 · BSB

“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

“ye be”

Zechariah 8:8 Jeremiah 24:7 2 Corinthians 6:16 Jeremiah 30:22 Genesis 17:8 Ezekiel 11:20

Zechariah 8:8 · BSB

I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

Jeremiah 24:7 · BSB

I 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.

2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

Jeremiah 30:22 · BSB

“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”

Genesis 17:8 · BSB

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Ezekiel 11:20 · BSB

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

5This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

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