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.’

Yehezkiel 20:37

20:37 I will make you pass under ³  the shepherd’s staff, ⁴  and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

Yehezkiel 20:43-44

20:43 And there you will remember your conduct ⁵  and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves ⁶  because of all the evil deeds you have done. 20:44 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

[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.”

[20:37]  ³ tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.

[20:37]  ⁴ sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.

[20:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “ways.”

[20:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”