³⁸And ^xthey shall be my people, and I will be their God: ³⁹And I ^x^ywill give them one heart, and one way, ^zthat they may fear me ^†for ever, ^zfor the good of them, and of their children after them: ⁴⁰And ^a^bI will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away ^†from them, to do them good; but ^bI will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. ⁴¹Yea, ^cI will rejoice over them to do them good, and ^dI will plant them in this land ^†assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

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xSee ch. 24:7.
xSee ch. 24:7.
†Heb. all days. ch. 33:18. & 35:19. Luke 1:75.
aSo ch. 50:5. Ezek. 16:60. See Isai. 55:3. Comp. Ps. 89:34, 35.
bch. 31:33.
†Heb. from after them. 2 Kin. 10:29.
bch. 31:33.
cSee Deut. 28:63.
dSee ch. 24:6.
†Heb. in truth, or, stability. Heb. as ch. 26:15. & 28:9.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them integrity of heart and action so that they will fear me always, for their good and for the good of their descendants after them.

“I will make a permanent covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from me. I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.

NLTNew Living Translation

They will be my people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me. I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they will be for me a people, and I will be for them God. And I will give to them one heart and one way, to revere me forever, for good to them, and to their children after them. And I will make with them an everlasting covenant that I will not turn away from them, my doing good to them, and my reverence I will put in their hearts so that they will not turn aside from me. And I will rejoice over them to do good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness with all my heart, and with all my inner self.”