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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 125 times in 122 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Jer 2:3–Jer 27:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - Israel H3478 was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:4 - Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:14 - Is Israel H3478 a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 - As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel H3478 ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:31 - O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? H3478 a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel H3478 hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel H3478 committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:11 - And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel H3478 hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, H3478 saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, H3478 and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 - Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, H3478 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:21 - A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: H3478 for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1 - If thou wilt return, O Israel, H3478 saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:11 - For the house of Israel H3478 and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 - Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, H3478 saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel H3478 as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, H3478 Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12 - But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:21 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; H3478 Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; H3478 Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel H3478 are uncircumcised in the heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:1 - Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:16 - The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel H3478 is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; H3478 Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel H3478 and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel H3478 and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14 - Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel H3478 to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel H3478 and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:12 - Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, H3478 Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O the hope of Israel, H3478 the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; H3478 Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:14 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel H3478 out of the land of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:15 - But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel H3478 from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel, H3478 all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - O house of Israel, H3478 cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel H3478 hath done a very horrible thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; H3478 Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; H3478 Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; H3478 Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel H3478 against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:6 - In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel H3478 shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:7 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel H3478 out of the land of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:8 - But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel H3478 out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel H3478 to err.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; H3478 Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - For thus saith the LORD God of Israel H3478 unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; H3478 Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:4 - And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; H3478 Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:21 - Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, H3478 concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;

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