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Jeremiah 3:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

Jeremiah 3:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 3:18

Theological / Devotional

With the house of Israel. Israel and Judah were to come together from the land of captivity and national unity was to be restored (see Isa. 11:12, 13; Eze. 37:16, 17; Hosea 1:11; cf. Eph. 2:14–16; 3:6). The enmity that had existed between them for so long would be taken away and both would turn to God (see Jer. 30:3, 10, 11 ; 31:31–33; 50:4, 5).

Land of the north. The lands of the captivity, Assyria (see on v. 12) and Babylonia (see on ch. 1:14; cf. chs. 16:15; 23:8). After this phrase the LXX has “and from all the countries” (cf. ch. 32:37).

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