Jeremiah 3:10

3:10 In spite of all this, ¹  Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” ²  says the Lord.

Jeremiah 24:7

24:7 I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I ³  am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly ⁴  return to me.’

Deuteronomy 30:2

30:2 Then if you and your descendants ⁵  turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being ⁶  just as ⁷  I am commanding you today,

Deuteronomy 30:10

30:10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him ⁸  with your whole mind and being.

Deuteronomy 30:1

The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation

30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses ⁹  I have set before you, you will reflect upon them ¹⁰  in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.

Deuteronomy 2:4

2:4 Instruct ¹¹  these people as follows: ‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives ¹²  the descendants of Esau, ¹³  who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.

Deuteronomy 2:2

2:2 At this point the Lord said to me,

Deuteronomy 23:3

23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite ¹⁴  may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever ¹⁵  do so, ¹⁶ 

Deuteronomy 23:2

23:2 A person of illegitimate birth ¹⁷  may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so. ¹⁸ 

Deuteronomy 22:9

Illustrations of the Principle of Purity

22:9 You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled. ¹⁹ 

Deuteronomy 31:21

31:21 Then when ²⁰  many disasters and distresses overcome them ²¹  this song will testify against them, ²²  for their ²³  descendants will not forget it. ²⁴  I know the ²⁵  intentions they have in mind ²⁶  today, even before I bring them ²⁷  to the land I have promised.”

Psalms 119:2

119:2 How blessed are those who observe his rules,

and seek him with all their heart,

Psalms 119:10

119:10 With all my heart I seek you.

Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Psalms 119:58

119:58 I seek your favor ²⁸  with all my heart.

Have mercy on me as you promised! ²⁹ 

Psalms 119:69

119:69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, ³⁰ 

but I observe your precepts with all my heart.

Psalms 119:145

ק (Qof)

119:145 I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord!

I will observe your statutes.”

Joel 2:12

An Appeal for Repentance

2:12 “Yet even now,” the Lord says,

“return to me with all your heart –

with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Tear your hearts, ³¹ 

not just your garments!”

Acts 8:37

8:37 [[EMPTY]] ³² 

[3:10]  ¹ tn Heb “And even in all this.”

[3:10]  ² tn Heb “ has not turned back to me with all her heart but only in falsehood.”

[24:7]  ³ 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.

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “with all their heart.”

[30:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

[30:2]  ⁶ tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

[30:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to all.”

[30:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[30:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”

[30:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”

[2:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “command” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “charge the people as follows.”

[2:4]  ¹² tn Heb “brothers”; NAB “your kinsmen.”

[2:4]  ¹³ sn The descendants of Esau (Heb “sons of Esau”; the phrase also occurs in 2:8, 12, 22, 29). These are the inhabitants of the land otherwise known as Edom, south and east of the Dead Sea. Jacob’s brother Esau had settled there after his bitter strife with Jacob (Gen 36:1-8). “Edom” means “reddish,” probably because of the red sandstone of the region, but also by popular etymology because Esau, at birth, was reddish (Gen 25:25).

[23:3]  ¹⁴ sn An Ammonite or Moabite. These descendants of Lot by his two daughters (cf. Gen 19:30-38) were thereby the products of incest and therefore excluded from the worshiping community. However, these two nations also failed to show proper hospitality to Israel on their way to Canaan (v. 4).

[23:3]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “ever” (עַד־עוֹלָם, ’ad-’olam) suggests that “tenth generation” (vv. 2, 3) also means “forever.” However, in the OT sense “forever” means not “for eternity” but for an indeterminate future time. See A. Tomasino, NIDOTTE 3:346.

[23:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[23:2]  ¹⁷ tn Or “a person born of an illegitimate marriage.”

[23:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[22:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “set apart.” The verb קָדַשׁ (qadash) in the Qal verbal stem (as here) has the idea of being holy or being treated with special care. Some take the meaning as “be off-limits, forfeited,” i.e., the total produce of the vineyard, both crops and grapes, have to be forfeited to the sanctuary (cf. Exod 29:37; 30:29; Lev 6:18, 27; Num 16:37-38; Hag 2:12).

[31:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²² tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²³ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²⁴ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21]  ²⁵ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²⁶ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[119:58]  ²⁸ tn Heb “I appease your face.”

[119:58]  ²⁹ tn Heb “according to your word.”

[119:69]  ³⁰ tn Heb “smear over me a lie.”

[2:12]  ³¹ sn The figurative language calls for genuine repentance, and not merely external ritual that goes through the motions.

[8:37]  ³² tc A few later mss (E 36 323 453 945 1739 1891 pc) add, with minor variations, 8:37 “He said to him, ‘If you believe with your whole heart, you may.’ He replied, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’” Verse 37 is lacking in {Ì^45,74 א A B C 33 614 vg sy^p,h co}. It is clearly not a part of the original text of Acts. The variant is significant in showing how some in the early church viewed a confession of faith. The present translation follows NA²⁷ in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.