Jeremiah 23:3

23:3 Then I myself will regather those of my people 1  who are still alive from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their homeland. 2  They will greatly increase in number.

Jeremiah 29:10

29:10 “For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule 3  are over will I again take up consideration for you. 4  Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore 5  you to your homeland. 6 

1 tn Heb “my sheep.”

2 tn Heb “their fold.”

3 sn See the study note on Jer 25:11 for the reckoning of the seventy years.

4 tn See the translator’s note on Jer 27:22 for this term.

5 tn Verse 10 is all one long sentence in the Hebrew original: “According to the fullness of Babylon seventy years I will take thought of you and I will establish my gracious word to you by bringing you back to this place.” The sentence has been broken up to conform better to contemporary English style.

6 tn Heb “this place.” The text has probably been influenced by the parallel passage in 27:22. The term appears fifteen times in Jeremiah and is invariably a reference to Jerusalem or Judah.

sn See Jer 27:22 for this promise.