Verse 4
Jeremiah 11:4
New Living Translation
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For I said to your ancestors when I brought them out of the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt, “If you obey me and do whatever I command you, then you will be my people, and I will be your God (Elohim).”
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֣יתִי אֶת אֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֡ם בְּ/י֣וֹם הוֹצִיאִֽ/י אוֹתָ֣/ם מֵ/אֶֽרֶץ מִצְרַיִם֩ מִ/כּ֨וּר הַ/בַּרְזֶ֜ל לֵ/אמֹ֗ר שִׁמְע֤וּ בְ/קוֹלִ/י֙ וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אוֹתָ֔/ם כְּ/כֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּ֖ה אֶתְ/כֶ֑ם וִ/הְיִ֤יתֶם לִ/י֙ לְ/עָ֔ם וְ/אָ֣נֹכִ֔י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָ/כֶ֖ם לֵ/אלֹהִֽים
English Translation
Which I commanded your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, "Listen to My voice and you shall do all that I command you; and you shall be to Me a people, and I will be to you a God."
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