Jeremiah 12:15

12:15 But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent ¹  and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands ²  and to their own country.

Jeremiah 18:12

18:12 But they just keep saying, ‘We do not care what you say! ³  We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!’” ⁴ 

Jeremiah 41:4

41:4 On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

[12:15]  ¹ tn For the use of the verb “turn” (שׁוּב, shuv) in this sense, see BDB s.v. שׁוּב Qal.6.g and compare the usage in Pss 90:13; 6:4; Joel 2:14. It does not simply mean “again” as several of the English versions render it.

[12:15]  ² sn The Lord is sovereign over the nations and has allotted each of them their lands. See Deut 2:5 (Edom), Deut 2:9 (Moab), Deut 2:19 (Ammon). He promised to restore not only his own people Israel to their land (Jer 32:37) but also Moab (Jer 48:47) and Ammon (Jer 49:6).

[18:12]  ³ tn Heb “It is useless!” See the same expression in a similar context in Jer 2:25.

[18:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “We will follow our own plans and do each one according to the stubbornness of his own wicked heart.”