Jeremiah 32 · Verse 38

Jeremiah 32:38

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Jeremiah 32:38, King James Version

Jeremiah 32:38 in other translations

BSBThey will be My people, and I will be their God.
WEBThen they will be my people, and I will be their God.
ASVAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
YLTand they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;
DARBYAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
BBEAnd they will be my people, and I will be their God:
WebsterAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

What does Jeremiah 32:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
38. (Jr 30:22; 24:7).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 32:26-44

God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them. The restoration of Judah and Jerusalem is promised. This people were now at length brought to despair. But God gives hope of mercy which he had in store for them hereafter. Doubtless the promises are sure to all believers. God…

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 32:26-44 →

Jeremiah 32:38 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.

וְהָ֥יוּve.Ha.yuand they will becomeH1961
לִ֖יlifor <the> me
לְעָ֑םle.'Am<into> a peopleH5971
וַאֲנִ֕יva.'a.Niand IH589
אֶהְיֶ֥ה'eh.YehI will becomeH1961
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemfor <the> them
לֵאלֹהִֽים\׃le.lo.Him<into> GodH430

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 32:38

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 11:19-20

    And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Psalms 144:15

    Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

  • Revelation 21:7

    He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 37:27

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 30:22

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

  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24:7; 30:22; 31:1,33; Ge 17:7; De 26:17-19; Ps 144:15; Eze 11:19,20
Eze 36:28; 37:27; 39:22,28; Zec 13:9; Heb 8:10; 11:16; Re 21:7

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Context

  • Jeremiah 32:37

    Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

  • Jeremiah 32:38

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

  • Jeremiah 32:39

    And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

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Jeremiah 32:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y me serán por pueblo, y yo seré á ellos por Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ils seront mon peuple, et moi je serai leur Dieu;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie werden mein Volk, und ich werde ihr Gott sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et erunt mihi in populum, et ego ero eis in Deum.