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Jeremiah 11:5
This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, recalling the exodus from Egypt and the covenant terms given to their ancestors.
The words — The Hebrew הָקִים (ha.Kim) means "to carry out" or establish, combined with אֶת־ הַשְּׁבוּעָה (et-ha'shevu'ah, "the oath") to mark God's direct action in fulfilling His sworn commitment.
The thread — The ancestral oath and land promise recur in Deuteronomy 7:12 and Psalms 105:9, while Jeremiah’s “Amen” response aligns with the prophetic fulfillment pattern in Jeremiah 28:6.
Why it lands — The text records God’s declaration that His historical promise remains active and requires the listener to acknowledge that ongoing obligation before responding.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 7:12 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
- Psalms 105:9 the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
- Jeremiah 28:6 “Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
- Genesis 22:16 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Genesis 26:3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Exodus 13:5 And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
- Leviticus 20:24 But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
- Deuteronomy 6:3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’