Discovery BoxJeremiah 3:16-18 
Context3:16 In those days, your population will greatly increase 1 in the land. At that time,” says the Lord, “people will no longer talk about having the ark 2 that contains the Lord’s covenant with us. 3 They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more! 4 3:17 At that time the city of Jerusalem 5 will be called the Lord’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord’s name. 6 They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. 7 3:18 At that time 8 the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. 9 Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ” 10
1 tn Heb “you will become numerous and fruitful.”
2 tn Or “chest.”
3 tn Heb “the ark of the covenant.” It is called this because it contained the tables of the law which in abbreviated form constituted their covenant obligations to the
4 tn Or “Nor will another one be made”; Heb “one will not do/make [it?] again.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Heb “will gather to the name of the
7 tn Heb “the stubbornness of their evil hearts.”
8 tn Heb “In those days.”
9 tn Heb “the house of Judah will walk together with the house of Israel.”
10 tn Heb “the land that I gave your [fore]fathers as an inheritance.”
