Jeremiah 48:47
Context48:47 Yet in days to come
I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” 1
says the Lord. 2
The judgment against Moab ends here.
Jeremiah 31:8
Context31:8 Then I will reply, 3 ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north.
I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth.
Blind and lame people will come with them,
so will pregnant women and women about to give birth.
A vast throng of people will come back here.
Jeremiah 50:5
Context50:5 They will ask the way to Zion;
they will turn their faces toward it.
They will come 4 and bind themselves to the Lord
in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten. 5
Jeremiah 51:64
Context51:64 Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments 6 I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”
The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. 7


[48:47] 1 tn See 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on 29:14 for the idiom used here.
[48:47] 2 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:8] 3 tn The words “And I will reply” are not in the text but the words vv. 8-9 appear to be the answer to the petition at the end of v. 7. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.
[50:5] 5 tc The translation here assumes that the Hebrew בֹּאוּ (bo’u; a Qal imperative masculine plural) should be read בָּאוּ (ba’u; a Qal perfect third plural). This reading is presupposed by the Greek version of Aquila, the Latin version, and the Targum (see BHS note a, which mistakenly assumes that the form must be imperfect).
[50:5] 6 sn See Jer 32:40 and the study note there for the nature of this lasting agreement.
[51:64] 7 tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”
[51:64] 8 sn The final chapter of the book of Jeremiah does not mention Jeremiah or record any of his prophecies.