Jeremiah 30 · Verse 22

Jeremiah 30:22

And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Jeremiah 30:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 30:22 in other translations

BSB“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
WEB“You shall be my people, and I will be your God.
ASVAnd ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
YLTAnd ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God.
DARBYAnd ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
BBEAnd you will be my people, and I will be your God.
WebsterAnd ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

What does Jeremiah 30:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. ye shall be my people, &c.--The covenant shall be renewed between God and His people through Messiah's mediation (Jr 30:21; 31:1, 33; 32:38; Eze 11:20; 36:28).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Ye shall be my people - The old covenant shall be renewed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 30:18-24

We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderful. They shall be taken again into…

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Jeremiah 30:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וִהְיִ֥יתֶםvih.Yi.temand you will becomeH1961
לִ֖יlifor <the> me
לְעָ֑םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971
וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔יve.'A.no.Khiand IH595
אֶהְיֶ֥ה'eh.YehI will becomeH1961
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemfor <the> you
לֵאלֹהִֽים\׃\ \סle.lo.Him<into> GodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 30:22

  • Revelation 21:3

    And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

  • Ezekiel 36:28

    And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Jeremiah 24:7

    And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • Jeremiah 31:1

    At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

  • Hebrews 8:10

    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

  • Hosea 2:23

    And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

  • Ezekiel 37:27

    My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Jeremiah 32:38

    And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

  • Deuteronomy 26:17-19

    Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

  • Matthew 22:32

    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24:7; 31:1,33; De 26:17-19; So 2:16; Eze 11:20; 36:28; 37:27
Ho 2:23; Zec 13:9; Mt 22:32; Heb 8:10; Re 21:3

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Context

  • Jeremiah 30:21

    And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 30:22

    And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Jeremiah 30:23

    Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

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Jeremiah 30:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y me seréis por pueblo, y yo seré vuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous serez mon peuple, et moi je serai votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr werdet mein Volk, und ich werde euer Gott sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et eritis mihi in populum, et ego ero vobis in Deum.