Jeremiah 5:5

5:5 I will go to the leaders 1 

and speak with them.

Surely they know what the Lord demands. 2 

Surely they know what their God requires of them.” 3 

Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority

and refuse to submit to him. 4 

Jeremiah 33:26

33:26 Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, 5  I will restore them 6  and show mercy to them.”

1 tn Or “people in power”; Heb “the great ones.”

2 tn Heb “the way of the Lord.”

3 tn Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”

4 tn Heb “have broken the yoke and torn off the yoke ropes.” Compare Jer 2:20 and the note there.

5 tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is probably intensive here as it has been on a number of occasions in the book of Jeremiah (see BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e for the category).

6 tn Or “I will make them prosperous once again,” or “I will bring them back from captivity.”

sn For the meaning of this idiom see the translator’s note on Jer 29:14 and compare the usage in 29:14; 30:3, 18; 31:23; 32:44; 33:7, 11. This has been the emphasis on this section which is called by some commentators “The Book of Consolation.” Jeremiah’s emphasis up until chapters 30-33 had been on judgment but he was also called to be the prophet of restoration (cf. Jer 1:10). Promises of restoration though rare up to this point have, however, occurred on occasion (see, e.g., Jer 3:18; 23:5-7; 24:6-7; 29:10-14).