Jeremiah 30:3
in Jeremiah 30For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
KJV
For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
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This verse in Jeremiah 30
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe days come - First, After the conclusion of the seventy years. Secondly, Under the Messiah. That I will bring again the captivity of Israel - The ten tribes, led captive by the king of Assyria, and dispersed among the nations. And Judah - The people carried into Babylon at two different times; first, under Jeconiah, and, secondly, under Zedekiah, by Nebuchadnezzar.
This site's exposition
This is the word that came
on Jeremiah 30:1-4
The chapter opens with a command, “Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.” The promise that follows names both houses together, “My people Israel and Judah.” The Book of Consolation opens as a document meant to outlast the exile it describes.
This site's exposition
restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah
Both Israel and Judah are named. Adam Clarke notes that the ten tribes of Israel had gone into captivity long before Judah. He reads the promise to restore them to the land in two stages: the return after seventy years, and a fuller one under the Messiah.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter XXX—Verse 1 and following) This word, which was made to Jeremiah by the Lord, saying: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: Write for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you, in a book. For behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will turn the conversion of my people Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will convert them (or I will cause them to sit) in the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.
The Reformation1 voice
God indeed promises a return, but after seventy years who of us will be alive? Hardly one of us will be found then remaining, therefore so cold a promise is nothing to us." They, at the same time, as I have said, were filled with a false confidence, as with wind, and behaved insolently towards God and his prophets, as though they were to return sound and safe in a short time.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And this prophecy must be written, that it may be read then also, that so it may appear how exactly the accomplishment answers the prediction, which is one end of the writing of prophecies. It is intimated that they shall be beloved for their fathers' sake ( Rom. xi.
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For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord,.... And they are yet to come; the prophecy is not yet fulfilled.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Some captives of the Israelite ten tribes returned with those of Judah (Lu 2:36; But these are only a pledge of the full restoration hereafter (Ro 11:26, "All Israel"). This third verse is a brief statement of the subject before the prophecy itself is given.
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The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| יָמִ֤ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בָּאִים֙ | baim | [are] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְ֠שַׁבְתִּי | veshavti | and I will turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁב֨וּת | shevut | [the] captivity of | H7622 → | 32 times |
| עַמִּ֧י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וִֽיהוּדָ֖ה | vihudah | and Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֗ים | vahashivotim | and I will bring back them | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאָ֛רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֥תִּי | natati | I gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לַאֲבוֹתָ֖ם | laavotam | to ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וִֽירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃ פ | vireshuha | and they will take possession of it | H3423 → | 231 times |
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
הִנֵּ֨הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
יָמִ֤יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
בָּאִים֙[are] coming
baimH935 →2568 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְ֠שַׁבְתִּיand I will turn back
veshavtiH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁב֨וּת[the] captivity of
shevutH7622 →32 times
עַמִּ֧יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וִֽיהוּדָ֖הand Judah
vihudahH3063 →819 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֗יםand I will bring back them
vahashivotimH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָאָ֛רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
נָתַ֥תִּיI gave
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לַאֲבוֹתָ֖םto ancestors their
laavotamH1 →1212 times
וִֽירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃ פand they will take possession of it
vireshuhaH3423 →231 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
it leads to
- Haggai 2:7–9
I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Psalms 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- Jeremiah 33:7
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- Jeremiah 49:39
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:3
Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and…
- Haggai 2:7–9
Through
Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD.…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:1–38
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
- Ezekiel 36:1–38
Through
Jeremiah 16:15Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:37
I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them…
- Jeremiah 32:37
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.