Jeremiah 31:17

And there is hope for thy latter end, says LORD, and [thy] sons shall come again to their own border.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Thus says LORD: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, for thy work shall be rewarded, says LORD, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying], Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God.

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Cross References

Psalms 102:13Thou will arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time has come.

Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that LORD will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from

Jeremiah 29:14And I will be found by you, says LORD, and I will turn again your captivity. And I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says LORD, and I will bring you again to the place from where

Lamentations 3:18And I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from LORD.

Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of LORD.

Ezekiel 37:21And say to them, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:11-18

Restoration of Israel; Promises to Israel. ( b. c. 594.) 10 Hear the word of the Lord , O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord , for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the… Read the whole commentary →

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