Discovery BoxJeremiah 24:6 
Context24:6 I will look after their welfare 1 and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land 2 and will not uproot them. 3
Jeremiah 29:28
Context29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, 4 “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’” 5
1 tn Heb “I will set my eyes upon them for good.” For the nuance of “good” see Jer 21:10; Amos 9:4 (in these cases the opposite of harm; see BDB 375 s.v. טוֹבָה 1).
2 tn The words “There” and “firmly in the land” are not in the text but are implicit from the connection and the metaphor. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 sn For these terms see Jer 1:10.
4 tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.
