Jeremiah 11:5
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11:5Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey.”15 That is the very land that you still live in today.’ ”16 And I responded, “Amen! Let it be so,17 Lord!”
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- 15 The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey” is very familiar to readers in the Jewish and Christian traditions as a proverbial description of the agricultural and pastoral abundance of the land of Israel. However, it may not mean too much to readers outside those traditions; an equivalent expression would be “a land of fertile fields and fine pastures.” E. W. Bullinger (Figures of Speech, ) identifies this as a figure of speech called synecdoche where the species is put for the genus, “a region … abounding with pasture and fruits of all kinds.”
- 16 Heb “ ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as at this day.” However, the literal reading is too elliptical and would lead to confusion.
- 17 The words “Let it be so” are not in the text; they are an explanation of the significance of the term “Amen” for those who may not be part of the Christian or Jewish tradition. The word amen is found at the end of each of the curses in Deut 27 where the people express their agreement with the appropriateness of the curse for the offense mentioned.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.” Then I answered, “So be it, Lord.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.”
I answered, “Amen, Lord.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today.’ ”
I answered, “Amen, Lord.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.’ ”
Then I replied, “Amen, Lord! May it be so.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
in order to keep the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.” ’ ” Then I answered and said, “Let it be so, O Yahweh.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord.
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