Jeremiah 31:17

31:17 Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. ¹ 

Your children will return to their own territory.

I, the Lord, affirm it! ² 

Jeremiah 37:8

37:8 Then the Babylonian forces ³  will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.

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¹ tn For this nuance for the Hebrew word אַחֲרִית (’akharit) see BDB 31 s.v. אַחֲרִית d and compare usage in Pss 37:38; 109:13. Others translate “your future” but the “future” lies with the return of her descendants, her posterity.

² tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in the translation here for the sake of clarity.