Jeremiah 31:37 References
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Thus says the Lord, "aIf the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also bcast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the Lord.
b Jeremiah 33:24-26, Romans 11:2-5, Romans 11:26, Romans 11:27
Jeremiah 33
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"Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, 'The atwo families which the Lord chose, He has brejected them'? Thus they cdespise My people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight.
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"Thus says the Lord, 'If My acovenant for day and night stand not, and the fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have bnot established,
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then I would areject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants brulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will crestore their fortunes and will have dmercy on them.'"
Romans 11
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God ahas not rejected His people whom He bforeknew. cOr do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
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"Lord, aTHEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE."
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But what is the divine response to him? "aI HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL."
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In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time aa remnant according to God's gracious choice.
Romans 11
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and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, "aTHE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB."