Discovery BoxJeremiah 29:19 
Context29:19 For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ 1 says the Lord. 2 ‘And you exiles 3 have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the Lord. 4
Jeremiah 30:3
Context30:3 For I, the Lord, affirm 5 that the time will come when I will reverse the plight 6 of my people, Israel and Judah,’ says the Lord. ‘I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors 7 and they will take possession of it once again.’” 8
Jeremiah 31:37
Context31:37 The Lord says, “I will not reject all the descendants of Israel
because of all that they have done. 9
That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured
or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” 10
says the Lord. 11
Jeremiah 34:2
Context34:2 The Lord God of Israel told Jeremiah 12 to go and give King Zedekiah of Judah a message. He told Jeremiah 13 to tell him, “The Lord says, ‘I am going to 14 hand this city over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it down.
Jeremiah 50:7
Context50:7 All who encountered them devoured them.
Their enemies who did this said, ‘We are not liable for punishment!
For those people have sinned against the Lord, their true pasture. 15
They have sinned against the Lord in whom their ancestors 16 trusted.’ 17
1 tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom.
2 tn Heb “Oracle of the
3 tn The word “exiles” is not in the text. It is supplied in the translation to clarify the referent of “you.”
4 tn Heb “Oracle of the
5 tn Heb “Oracle of the
6 tn Heb “restore the fortune.” For the translation and meaning of this idiom see the note at 29:14.
7 tn Heb “fathers.”
8 sn As the nations of Israel and Judah were united in their sin and suffered the same fate – that of exile and dispersion – (cf. Jer 3:8; 5:11; 11:10, 17) so they will ultimately be regathered from the nations and rejoined under one king, a descendant of David, and regain possession of their ancestral lands. The prophets of both the eighth and seventh century looked forward to this ideal (see, e.g., Hos 1:11 (2:2 HT); Isa 11:11-13; Jer 23:5-6; 30:3; 33:7; Ezek 37:15-22). This has already been anticipated in Jer 3:18.
9 sn This answers Jeremiah’s question in 14:19.
10 tn Heb “If the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below be explored, then also I could reject all the seed of Israel for all they have done.”
11 tn Heb “Oracle of the
12 tn Heb “told him”; the referent (Jeremiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “told him”; the referent (Jeremiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb 34:1 “The word which came to Jeremiah from the
15 tn This same Hebrew phrase “the habitation of righteousness” is found in Jer 31:23 in relation to Jerusalem in the future as “the place where righteousness dwells.” Here, however, it refers to the same entity as “their resting place” in v. 6 and means “true pasture.” For the meaning of “pasture” for the word נָוֶה (naveh) see 2 Sam 7:8 and especially Isa 65:10 where it is parallel with “resting place” for the flocks. For the meaning of “true” for צֶדֶק (tsedeq) see BDB 841 s.v. צֶדֶק 1. For the interpretation adopted here see G. L. Keown, P. J. Scalise, T. G. Smothers, Jeremiah 26-52 (WBC), 365. The same basic interpretation is reflected in NRSV, NJPS, and God’s Word.
16 tn Heb “fathers.”
17 sn These two verses appear to be a poetical summary of the argument of Jer 2 where the nation is accused of abandoning its loyalty to God and worshiping idols. Whereas those who tried to devour Israel were liable for punishment when Israel was loyal to God (2:3), the enemies of Israel who destroyed them (i.e., the Babylonians [but also the Assyrians], 50:17) argue that they are not liable for punishment because the Israelites have sinned against the
