Verse 11
For as the girdle{H232} cleaveth{H1692} to the loins{H4975} of a man,{H376} so have I caused to cleave{H1692} unto me the whole house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} and the whole house{H1004} of Judah,{H3063} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} that they may be unto me for a people,{H5971} and for a name,{H8034} and for a praise,{H8416} and for a glory:{H8597} but they would not hear.{H8085}
Referenced Verses
- Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey{H8085} my voice{H6963} indeed,{H8085} and keep{H8104} my covenant,{H1285} then ye shall be mine own possession{H5459} from among all peoples:{H5971} for all the earth{H776} is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom{H4467} of priests,{H3548} and a holy{H6918} nation.{H1471} These are the words{H1697} which thou shalt speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
- Jer 33:9 : 9 And [this city] shall be to me for a name{H8034} of joy,{H8342} for a praise{H8416} and for a glory,{H8597} before all the nations{H1471} of the earth,{H776} which shall hear{H8085} all the good{H2896} that I do{H6213} unto them, and shall fear{H6342} and tremble{H7264} for all the good{H2896} and for all the peace{H7965} that I procure{H6213} unto it.
- Ps 81:11 : 11 But my people{H5971} hearkened{H8085} not to my voice;{H6963} And Israel{H3478} would{H14} none of me.
- Isa 43:21 : 21 the{H2098} people{H5971} which I formed{H3335} for myself, that they might set forth{H5608} my praise.{H8416}
- Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call{H7121} them The holy{H6944} people,{H5971} The redeemed{H1350} of Jehovah:{H3068} and thou shalt be called{H7121} Sought out,{H1875} A city{H5892} not forsaken.{H5800}
- Jer 6:17 : 17 And I set{H6965} watchmen{H6822} over you, [saying], Hearken{H7181} to the sound{H6963} of the trumpet;{H7782} but they said,{H559} We will not hearken.{H7181}
- Jer 7:26 : 26 yet they hearkened{H8085} not unto me, nor inclined{H5186} their ear,{H241} but made their neck{H6203} stiff:{H7185} they did worse{H7489} than their fathers.{H1}
- Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil{H7451} people,{H5971} that refuse{H3987} to hear{H8085} my words,{H1697} that walk{H1980} in the stubbornness{H8307} of their heart,{H3820} and are gone{H3212} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430} to serve{H5647} them, and to worship{H7812} them, shall even be as this girdle,{H232} which is profitable{H6743} for nothing.
- Jer 32:20 : 20 who didst set{H7760} signs{H226} and wonders{H4159} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} even unto this day,{H3117} both in Israel{H3478} and among [other] men;{H120} and madest{H6213} thee a name,{H8034} as at this day;{H3117}
- Deut 4:7 : 7 For what great{H1419} nation{H1471} is there, that hath a god{H430} so nigh{H7138} unto them, as Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} is whensoever we call{H7121} upon him?
- Deut 26:18 : 18 and Jehovah{H3068} hath avouched{H559} thee this day{H3117} to be a people{H5971} for his own possession,{H5459} as he hath promised{H1696} thee, and that thou shouldest keep{H8104} all his commandments;{H4687}
- Deut 32:10-15 : 10 He found{H4672} him in a desert{H4057} land,{H776} And in the waste{H8414} howling{H3214} wilderness;{H3452} He compassed him about,{H5437} he cared{H995} for him, He kept{H5341} him as the apple{H380} of his eye.{H5869} 11 As an eagle{H5404} that stirreth up{H5782} her nest,{H7064} That fluttereth{H7363} over her young,{H1469} He spread abroad{H6566} his wings,{H3671} he took{H3947} them, He bare{H5375} them on his pinions.{H84} 12 Jehovah{H3068} alone{H910} did lead{H5148} him, And there was no foreign{H5236} god{H410} with him. 13 He made him ride{H7392} on the high places{H1116} of the earth,{H776} And he did eat{H398} the increase{H8570} of the field;{H7704} And he made him to suck{H3243} honey{H1706} out of the rock,{H5553} And oil{H8081} out of the flinty{H2496} rock;{H6697} 14 Butter{H2529} of the herd,{H1241} and milk{H2461} of the flock,{H6629} With fat{H2459} of lambs,{H3733} And rams{H352} of the breed{H1121} of Bashan,{H1316} and goats,{H6260} With the{H2459} finest{H3629} of the wheat;{H2406} And of the{H2561} blood{H1818} of the grape{H6025} thou drankest{H8354} wine. 15 But Jeshurun{H3484} waxed fat,{H8080} and kicked:{H1163} Thou art waxed fat,{H8080} thou art grown thick,{H5666} thou art become sleek;{H3780} Then he forsook{H5203} God{H433} who made{H6213} him, And lightly esteemed{H5034} the Rock{H6697} of his salvation.{H3444}
- Ps 135:4 : 4 For Jehovah{H3050} hath chosen{H977} Jacob{H3290} unto himself, [And] Israel{H3478} for his own possession.{H5459}
- Ps 147:20 : 20 He hath not dealt{H6213} so with any nation;{H1471} And as for his ordinances,{H4941} they have not known{H3045} them. Praise{H1984} ye Jehovah.{H3050}
- John 5:37-40 : 37 And{G2532} the Father{G3962} that{G846} sent{G3992} me,{G3165} he hath borne witness{G3140} of{G4012} me.{G1700} Ye have{G191} neither{G3777} heard{G191} his{G846} voice{G5456} at any time,{G4455} nor{G3777} seen{G3708} his{G846} form.{G1491} 38 And{G2532} ye have{G2192} not{G3756} his{G846} word{G3056} abiding{G3306} in{G1722} you:{G5213} for{G3754} whom{G3739} he{G1565} sent,{G649} him{G5129} ye{G5210} believe{G4100} not.{G3756} 39 Ye search{G2045} the scriptures,{G1124} because{G3754} ye{G5210} think{G1380} that in{G1722} them{G846} ye have{G2192} eternal{G166} life;{G2222} and{G2532} these are{G1526} they{G1565} which bear witness{G3140} of{G4012} me;{G1700} 40 and{G2532} ye will{G2309} not{G3756} come{G2064} to{G4314} me,{G3165} that{G2443} ye may have{G2192} life.{G2222}
- 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But{G1161} ye{G5210} are an elect{G1588} race,{G1085} a royal{G934} priesthood,{G2406} a holy{G40} nation,{G1484} a {G1519} people{G2992} for [God's] own possession,{G4047} that{G3704} ye may show forth{G1804} the excellencies{G703} of him who called{G2564} you{G5209} out of{G1537} darkness{G4655} into{G1519} his{G846} marvellous{G2298} light:{G5457}