Jeremiah 30:3

3 'For behold, ¹days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will ²restore the fortunes of My people ³Israel and Judah.' The LORD says, 'I will also ⁴bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.' "

Jeremiah 30:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:3

For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord
And they are yet to come; the prophecy is not yet fulfilled. Kimchi says this belongs to the days of the Messiah; but not to his first coming, or to his coming in the flesh, which the Jews vainly expect; but to his spiritual coming in the latter day: that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,
saith the Lord;
which cannot be understood of their return from the Babylonish captivity; for, as Kimchi rightly observes, only Judah and Benjamin returned from thence; and though there were some few of the other tribes that came with them, especially of the tribe of Levi, yet not sufficient to answer to so great a prophecy as this, which refers to the same time as that in ( Hosea 3:5 ) ; as appears by comparing that with ( Jeremiah 30:9 ) ; and when, as the Apostle Paul says, "all Israel shall be saved", ( Romans 11:25 ) ; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their
fathers, and they shall possess it;
the land of Canaan, given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and which shall be again by the Jews their posterity; for, without that the Jews upon their call and conversion shall return to their own land, in a literal sense, I see not how we can understand this, and many other prophecies.

Jeremiah 30:3 In-Context

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD , saying,

2 "Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel, 'Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book.

3 'For behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD , 'when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.' The LORD says, 'I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.' "

4 Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah:

5 "For thus says the LORD , 'I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no peace.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 29:10
• 2. Psalms 53:6; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 30:18; Jeremiah 32:44; Ezekiel 39:25; Amos 9:14; Zephaniah 3:20
• 3. Jeremiah 3:18
• 4. Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 23:7, 8; Ezekiel 20:42; Ezekiel 36:24

Footnotes

• [a] Or "captivity"