Yeremia 24:7

24:7 I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I ¹  am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly ²  return to me.’

Yeremia 31:31

31:31 “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, ³  “when I will make a new covenant ⁴  with the people of Israel and Judah. ⁵ 

[24:7]  ¹ tn Heb “I will give them a heart to know me that I am the Lord.” For the use of “heart” here referring to “inclinations, resolutions, and determinations of the will” see BDB 525 s.v. לֵב 4 and compare the usage in 2 Chr 12:14. For the use of “know” to mean “acknowledge” see BDB 384 s.v. יָדַע Qal.1.f and compare the usage in Jer 39:4. For the construction “know ‘someone’ that he…” = “know that ‘someone’…” see GKC 365 §117.h and compare the usage in 2 Sam 3:25.

[24:7]  ² tn Heb “with all their heart.”

[31:31]  ³ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[31:31]  ⁴ tn Or “a renewed covenant” (also in vv. 22-23).

[31:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”