Jeremiah 4:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Jeremiah 4:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 65:16
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
1 Corinthians 1:31
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:17
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Backsliders Call Church Condescension of God Congregation Contrition

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-2)

When God called to backsliding Israel to return (Jer. 3:22) they immediately answered, Lord, we return; now God here takes notice of their answer, and, by way of reply to it, I. He directs them how to pursue their good resolutions: “Dost thou say, I will return?” 1. “Then thou must return unto me; make a thorough work of it. Do not only turn from thy idolatries, but return to the instituted worshi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. And thou--rather, “And if (carried on from Jr 4:1) thou shalt swear, ‘Jehovah liveth,’ in truth, &c.”, that is, if thou shalt worship Him (for we swear by the God whom we worship; compare De 6:13; 10:20; Is 19:18; Am 8:14) in sincerity, &c. and the nations--Rather, this is apodosis to the “if”; then shall the nations bless themselves in (by) Him” (Is 65:16). The conversion of the nations will b…