Jer 24:7 | NETfull | STEP | I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord . I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.’

Jeremiah 24:7

7 I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I ^{▼▼ Heb “I will give them a heart to know me that I am the Lord.” For the use of “heart” here referring to “inclinations, resolutions, and determinations of the will” see BDB 525 s.v. לֵב 4 and compare the usage in 2 Chr 12:14. For the use of “know” to mean “acknowledge” see BDB 384 s.v. יָדַע Qal.1.f and compare the usage in Jer 39:4. For the construction “know ‘someone’ that he…” = “know that ‘someone’…” see GKC 365 #117.h and compare the usage in 2 Sam 3:25.} am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly ^{▼▼ Heb “with all their heart.”} return to me.’