“And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”
The promise that the exiles will return to God with their whole hearts, that God will be their God, and they will be His people represents covenant renewal. The exclusive commitment—whole heart—indicates that discipline will produce genuine faithfulness. The mutual relationship—God their God, they His people—shows restoration to covenant status. The vision promises that exile will produce the very transformation judgment aims at.
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