Jer 31:2-3 | ESV | STEP | Thus says the Lord : The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness ; when Israel sought for rest ,

c Deut. 7:8; 10:15; Mal. 1:2; Rom. 11:28

Jeremiah 31:2-3

2 Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
found grace in the wilderness;
^awhen Israel sought for rest,
3 the Lord appeared to him ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew me} from far away.
^cI have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore ^dI have continued ^emy faithfulness to you.