“I will make
An everlasting covenant
With them.
I will never draw back
From doing good
To them.
I will put the fear of me
In their hearts.
Thus they may not turn
From me.
I will rejoice
In doing good
To them.
I will plant them
In this land
In faithfulness,
With all my heart,
With all my soul.”
Yahweh was going to make an everlasting covenant with the new returnees from the exile. He was not going to stop doing good for them. They would have the fear of Yahweh in their hearts, so that they would never turn away from him again. Yahweh would rejoice in helping them. He wanted to plant them in this land of faithfulness with all his heart and soul. In other words, Yahweh was giving himself to the returning exiles to the Promised Land.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 