Jeremiah 31:37
Thus says the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done, says the LORD.
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This is what the LORD says: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done, declares the LORD.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} If heaven{H8064} above{H4605} can be measured,{H4058} and the foundations{H4146} of the earth{H776} searched out{H2713} beneath,{H4295} then will I also cast off{H3988} all the seed{H2233} of Israel{H3478} for all that they have done,{H6213} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; If heaven{H8064} above{H4605} can be measured{H4058}{(H8735)}, and the foundations{H4146} of the earth{H776} searched out{H2713}{(H8735)} beneath{H4295}, I will also cast off{H3988}{(H8799)} all the seed{H2233} of Israel{H3478} for all that they have done{H6213}{(H8804)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: like as the heauen aboue can not be measured, and as the foundacions of the earth beneth maye not be sought out: So will I also not cast out the whole sede of Israel, for that they haue commytted, saieth the LORDE.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thus saith the Lorde, If the heauens can be measured, or the fundations of the earth be searched out beneath, then wil I cast off all the seed of Israel, for all that they haue done, saith the Lord.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Moreouer, thus saith the Lord, Like as the heauen aboue can not be measured, and as the foundations of the earth beneath may not be sought out: so will I also not cast out the whole seede of Israel for that they haue committed saith the Lorde.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Thus said Jehovah: If the heavens above be measured, And the foundations of earth below searched, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done, An affirmation of Jehovah.
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.
World English Bible (2000)
Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The LORD says,“I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” says the LORD.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
- Jer 33:24-26 : 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
- Isa 40:12 : 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
- Jer 30:11 : 11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in due measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
- Job 11:7-9 : 7 Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than the grave; what can you know? 9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- Ps 89:2 : 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; your faithfulness you shall establish in the very heavens.
- Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?
- Jer 46:28 : 28 Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a complete end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a complete end of you, but correct you in measure; yet I will not leave you wholly unpunished.
- Rom 11:1-5 : 1 I say then, Has God cast away His people? Certainly not. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed Your prophets, and torn down Your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what is God's answer to him? I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then, at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace.
- Rom 11:26-29 : 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins. 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.
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- Jer 31:35-362 verses84%
35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
- Jer 33:21-266 verses75%
21 Then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant, so that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.
22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
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7 Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
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20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
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1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
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20 Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations.
- Jer 23:39-402 verses73%
39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and will forsake you and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence.
40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
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17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the LORD.
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15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
- Jer 31:27-282 verses73%
27 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.
28 And it shall come to pass, that just as I have watched over them, to uproot, to break down, to throw down, and to destroy, and to harm; so will I watch over them, to build and to plant, says the LORD.
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27 And the LORD said, I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
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38 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the corner gate.
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24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
- Amos 9:8-92 verses72%
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.
9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
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4 Thus you shall say to him, The LORD says this; Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, even this whole land.
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13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move out of its place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
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17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
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7 At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
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12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured the heavens with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
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15 For the LORD shall strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall uproot Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
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9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
- 2 Kgs 21:13-142 verses70%
13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
14 And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
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30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments;
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27 For thus says the LORD, The whole land shall be desolate; yet I will not make a complete end.
28 For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it.
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14 Thus says the LORD against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
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10 Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
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11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in due measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
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29 Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
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9 Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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2 Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
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31 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
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1 Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest?
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6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
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11 The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; as for the world and all its fullness, you have founded them.
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28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
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12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be very desolate, says the LORD.
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11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.