Jeremiah 31:17

And here is hope for thy last end, saith the Lord: and the children shall return to their own borders.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 saith the Lord: Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thy eyes from tears: for there is a reward for thy work, saith the Lord: and they shall return out of the land of the enemy.

18Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God.

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Cross References

Psalms 102:13But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.

Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.

Jeremiah 29:14And I will be found by you, saith the Lord: and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you out of all nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you out, saith the Lord: and I will bring you back from the place to which I caused you to be carried away captive.

Lamentations 3:18Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:26Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

Ezekiel 37:21And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from the midst of the nations whither they are gone: and I will gather them on every side, and will bring them to 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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