30:23-24 The Lord's wrath would break forth on the wicked like a severe storm. It would not slacken until the Lord accomplished all His purpose (cf. 23:19-20). Therefore the carelessly sinful should feel no false sense of security from these promises of future pardon.
The people did not understand this prophecy fully when the prophet first gave it, but they would in the far distant future. Similarly, God told Daniel to seal up his prophecy because it was not time for His people to understand it yet (Dan. 12:4, 9).
31:1 At that future time, the Lord would establish an intimate relationship between Himself and all the families of His people (cf. Gen. 17:7; Zech. 12:11-14). He would finally achieve what His people had always frustrated by their sins.
This verse concludes the material in chapter 30 and serves as a heading for chapter 31. All of chapter 31 describes the national restoration of Israel.400
