Jeremiah 11:5
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 11 connects to 10 cross-references. God renews the covenant lawsuit: they must obey the words of this covenant. Jeremiah discovers that the people of Anathoth — his own hometown — have plotted to kill him, forbidding him to prophesy. God promises judgment on his persecutors. …
Other Translations
that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.
In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.'
So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.
Cross References
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to …
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and …
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen …
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not …
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy …
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up …