Jeremiah 3:16

3:16 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 

Jeremiah 3:18

3:18 At that time ⁵  the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. ⁶  Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ” ⁷ 

[3:16]  ¹ tn Heb “you will become numerous and fruitful.”

[3:16]  ² tn Or “chest.”

[3:16]  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 Lord, cf. Exod 31:18; 32:15; 34:29.

[3:16]  ⁴ tn Or “Nor will another one be made”; Heb “one will not do/make [it?] again.”

[3:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “In those days.”

[3:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of Judah will walk together with the house of Israel.”

[3:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “the land that I gave your [fore]fathers as an inheritance.”