Jeremiah 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.’

De 4:29-31; De 26:17-19; De 30:2-5; De 30:6; 1Sa 7:3; 1Ki 8:46-50; 2Ch 6:38; Isa 55:6,7; Jer 3:10; Jer 29:12-14; Jer 30:22; Jer 31:33,34; Jer 31:33; Jer 32:38; Jer 32:39; Eze 11:19,20; Eze 36:24-28; Eze 37:23,27; Ho 14:1-3; Zec 8:8; Zec 13:9; Ro 6:17; Heb 8:10; Heb 11:16

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.

² tn Heb “with all their heart.”