Jeremiah 31:2

The Lord says, “The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy ¹  will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves.

Ex 1:16,22; Ex 2:23; Ex 5:21; Ex 12:37; Ex 14:8-12; Ex 15:9,10; Ex 17:8-13; Nu 10:33; De 1:30,33; De 2:7; De 8:2,3,16; De 12:9; Ne 9:12-15; Ps 78:14-16,23-29,52; Ps 95:11; Ps 105:37-43; Ps 136:16-24; Isa 63:7-14; Isa 63:14; Jer 2:2; Eze 20:14-17; Mt 11:28; Heb 4:8,9

¹ tn Heb “who survived the sword.”

sn This refers to the remnant of northern Israel who had not been killed when Assyria conquered Israel in 722 b.c. or who had not died in exile. References to Samaria in v. 5 and to Ephraim in vv. 6, 9 make clear that northern Israel is in view here.