Jeremiah 31:17

Translations

Modern

So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Traditional

And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Literal

And there is hope for your future, a declaration of YHWH, and your children will return to their own border.

Latin

…et est spes novissimis tuis, ait Dominus, et revertentur filii ad terminos suos.

Original

Hebrew

English

So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Notes

Jeremiah 31:16–17

Rachel should not cry, because the Lord promised to return her exiled children to their land.

Jeremiah 31:15–40

The Lord explained his future plan to rebuild a new nation from people who had suffered greatly during their long captivity.

Jeremiah 30:1–33:26

People often call these four chapters "The Book of Consolation," a highlight in Old Testament revelation. Unlike the many judgment messages Jeremiah gave his people, these messages are full of hope and promise a wonderful future restoration.

Theme notes and profiles

Hope Beyond Judgment The New Covenant The Promise of a Second Exodus

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Lamentations 3:21
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
Hosea 2:15
There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:18
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
Jeremiah 29:11–16
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Romans 11:23–26
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Isaiah 11:11–16
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Ezekiel 37:25
They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
Matthew 24:22
If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
Psalm 102:13–14
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
Isaiah 6:13
And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

Parallels

Matthew 2:16–18

Glossary

Bible, Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament Book of Jeremiah Jesus Christ, Teachings of Promise

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