Jeremiah 5:18

5:18 Yet even then ¹  I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:29

The Lord Will Make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah

31:29 “When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’ ² 

Jeremiah 33:15

33:15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant ³  of David.

“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 3:18

3:18 At that time ⁴  the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. ⁵  Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ” ⁶ 

Jeremiah 33:16

33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety ⁷  and Jerusalem ⁸  will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” ⁹ 

Jeremiah 3:16

3:16 In those days, your population will greatly increase ¹⁰  in the land. At that time,” says the Lord, “people will no longer talk about having the ark ¹¹  that contains the Lord’s covenant with us. ¹²  They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more! ¹³ 

Jeremiah 50:4

50:4 “When that time comes,” says the Lord, ¹⁴ 

“the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together.

They will come back with tears of repentance

as they seek the Lord their God. ¹⁵ 

Jeremiah 50:20

50:20 When that time comes,

no guilt will be found in Israel.

No sin will be found in Judah. ¹⁶ 

For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. ¹⁷ 

I, the Lord, affirm it!’” ¹⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “in those days.”

² tn This word only occurs here and in the parallel passage in Ezek 18:2 in the Qal stem and in Eccl 10:10 in the Piel stem. In the latter passage it refers to the bluntness of an ax that has not been sharpened. Here the idea is of the “bluntness” of the teeth, not from having ground them down due to the bitter taste of sour grapes but to the fact that they have lost their “edge,” “bite,” or “sharpness” because they are numb from the sour taste. For this meaning for the word see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 2:197.

³ tn Heb “sprig” or “shoot.”

⁴ tn Heb “In those days.”

⁵ tn Heb “the house of Judah will walk together with the house of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “the land that I gave your [fore]fathers as an inheritance.”

⁵ tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.

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⁷ tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The Lord our righteousness.’”

⁶ tn Heb “you will become numerous and fruitful.”

⁷ tn Or “chest.”

⁸ 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 Lord, cf. Exod 31:18; 32:15; 34:29.

⁹ tn Or “Nor will another one be made”; Heb “one will not do/make [it?] again.”

⁷ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “and the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together. They shall go, weeping as they go, and they will seek the Lord their God.” The concept of “seeking” the Lord often has to do with seeking the Lord in worship (by sacrifice [Hos 5:6; 2 Chr 11:16]; prayer [Zech 8:21, 22; 2 Sam 12:16; Isa 65:1; 2 Chr 15:4]). In Hos 7:10 it is in parallel with returning to the Lord. In Ps 69:6 it is in parallel with hoping in or trusting in the Lord. Perhaps the most helpful parallels here, however, are Hos 3:5 (in comparison with Jer 30:9) and 2 Chr 15:15 where it is in the context of a covenant commitment to be loyal to the Lord which is similar to the context here (see the next verse). The translation is admittedly paraphrastic but “seeking the Lord” does not mean here looking for God as though he were merely a person to be found.

⁸ tn Heb “In those days and at that time, oracle of the Lord, the iniquity [or guilt] of Israel will be sought but there will be none and the sins of Judah but they will not be found.” The passive construction “will be sought” raises the question of who is doing the seeking which is not really the main point. The translation has avoided this question by simply referring to the result which is the main point.

⁹ sn Compare Jer 31:34 and 33:8.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” In this case it is necessary to place this in the first person because this is already in a quote whose speaker is identified as the Lord (v. 18).