How does Jeremiah 50:5 connect with God's promises in other scriptures? Jeremiah 50:5—the promise in focus “ ‘They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’ ” What stands out in the verse • Ask the way to Zion – a hunger for God-directed guidance • Turn their faces – deliberate repentance and re-orientation • Come and bind themselves – wholehearted commitment • Everlasting covenant – a pledge with no expiration date • Not be forgotten – divine faithfulness that never lapses Asking the way: God’s guiding promise • Psalm 25:8-10 – “He instructs sinners in the way… All the LORD’s ways are lovingkindness and faithfulness.” • Isaiah 2:3 – Nations say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD… He will teach us His ways.” • Isaiah 35:8-10 – “A highway will be there… the redeemed will walk on it.” God repeatedly promises a clear road home for any heart that genuinely seeks Him. Turning their faces: the pledge of restoration • Deuteronomy 30:2-3 – when Israel returns, the LORD gathers and restores. • Jeremiah 29:13 – “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” • Hosea 6:1-2 – “Come, let us return to the LORD… He will revive us.” Repentance activates God’s long-standing guarantee of return and renewal. Binding themselves to the LORD: covenant language echoed Everlasting covenant themes weave through Scripture: – Genesis 17:7 – God’s “everlasting covenant” with Abraham and his offspring – 2 Samuel 23:5 – David rests in an “everlasting covenant, ordered and secure” – Isaiah 55:3 – the “everlasting covenant, the faithful loving devotion” shown to David – Jeremiah 31:31-34 – the promised “new covenant” written on the heart – Ezekiel 37:26 – “I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant” – Hebrews 13:20 – Jesus is risen “through the blood of the everlasting covenant” – Luke 22:20 – Jesus names His sacrificial blood “the new covenant” Jeremiah 50:5 reaches back to the patriarchs and forward to the cross, threading all God’s covenant promises into one seamless pledge. Never forgotten: God’s unbreakable memory • Psalm 105:8 – “He remembers His covenant forever.” • Isaiah 49:15-16 – “I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands.” • Jeremiah 32:40 – “I will make an everlasting covenant with them… I will never stop doing good to them.” God’s promises endure because He binds His own reputation to them. Putting it together – Direction: God promises to show the way (ask the way to Zion). – Repentance: He welcomes every heart that turns (faces toward Zion). – Union: He binds repentant people to Himself (everlasting covenant). – Security: He never forgets what He has sworn (covenant not forgotten). Jeremiah 50:5, then, is not an isolated prediction; it gathers the golden threads of God’s guiding, restoring, covenant-keeping love that run from Genesis to Revelation and ties them into one enduring knot of hope. |
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