Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to the exiles in Babylon (the "good figs"), within a parable of two baskets (vv. 1–10), promising restoration after the judgment that has already fallen.

The words — לֵב (lev, "heart") is the object God gives; in Hebrew idiom it is the seat of will and understanding, not mere feeling. The infinitive לָדַעַת (la-da'at, "to know") specifies covenantal, relational knowledge, not abstract information.

The thread — "They will be My people, and I will be your God" recurs at Jeremiah 30:22 and is echoed in the new-covenant promise of Hebrews 8:10, where the law is written on the mind rather than on stone.

Why it lands — The verse attributes the capacity to know God to divine gift, yet still names the human act: "they will return to Me with all their heart." A reader must hold both clauses without reducing one to the other.

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The Hebrew words

וְנָתַתִּי֩ve./na.ta.Tiand/ I will giveלָהֶ֨םla./Hemto <the>/ themלֵ֜בleva heart לָדַ֣עַתla./Da.'atto/ know אֹתִ֗י'o.T/i<obj.>/ me כִּ֚יkithat אֲנִ֣י'a.NiI יְהוָ֔הYah.weh[am] Yahweh וְהָיוּ־ve./ha.yu-and/ they will becomeלִ֣יl/ifor <the>/ meלְעָ֔םle./'Am<into>/ a people וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔יve./'A.no.Khiand/ I אֶהְיֶ֥ה'eh.YehI will becomeלָהֶ֖םla./Hemfor <the>/ themלֵאלֹהִ֑יםle./lo.Him<into>/ God כִּֽי־ki-for יָשֻׁ֥בוּya.Shu.vuthey will return אֵלַ֖י'e.La/ito/ me בְּכָל־be./kholwith/ all לִבָּֽם׃ סli.Ba/mheart/ their

King James Version

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Cross-references

Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Jeremiah 30:22 “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
Ezekiel 37:23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
Deuteronomy 30:2 and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
Zechariah 8:8 I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
Romans 6:17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Jeremiah 32:38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.