Yeremia 31:4
Konteks31:4 I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, 1
so that you will once again be built up.
Once again you will take up the tambourine
and join in the happy throng of dancers. 2
Yeremia 31:24
Konteks31:24 The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns
as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks. 3
Yeremia 31:38
Konteks31:38 “Indeed a time is coming,” 4 says the Lord, 5 “when the city of Jerusalem 6 will be rebuilt as my special city. 7 It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. 8
Yeremia 33:7
Konteks33:7 I will restore Judah and Israel 9 and will rebuild them as they were in days of old. 10
Yehezkiel 36:10
Konteks36:10 I will multiply your people 11 – the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt.
Yehezkiel 36:33
Konteks36:33 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.
Amos 9:14
Konteks9:14 I will bring back my people, Israel; 12
they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble 13 and settle down. 14
They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; 15
they will grow orchards 16 and eat the fruit they produce. 17
[31:4] 1 tn Heb “Virgin Israel.”
[31:4] sn For the significance of this metaphor see the note on Jer 14:17. Here the emphasis appears on his special love and care for his people and the hint (further developed in vv. 21-22) that, though guilty of sin, he considers them like an innocent young virgin.
[31:4] 2 sn Contrast Jer 7:34 and 25:10.
[31:24] 3 tn The translation “those who move about with their flocks” is based on an emendation of the Hebrew text which reads a third plural Qal perfect (נָסְעוּ, nos’u) to a masculine plural Qal participle in the construct (נֹסְעֵי, nosÿ’e) as suggested in the BHS fn. For the use of the construct participle before a noun with a preposition see GKC 421 §130.a. It is generally agreed that three classes of people are referred to here, townspeople, farmers, and shepherds. But the syntax of the Hebrew sentence is a little awkward: “And they [i.e., “people” (the indefinite plural, GKC 460 §144.g)] will live in it, Judah and all its cities [an apposition of nearer definition (GKC 425-26 §131.n)], [along with] farmers and those who move about with their flocks.” The first line refers awkwardly to the townspeople and the other two classes are added asyndetically (i.e., without the conjunction “and”).
[31:38] 4 tc The words “is coming” (בָּאִים, ba’im) are not in the written text (Kethib) but are supplied in the margin (Qere), in several Hebrew
[31:38] sn On this idiom compare vv. 27, 31.
[31:38] 5 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[31:38] 6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[31:38] 7 tn Heb “the city will be built to [or for] the
[31:38] 8 tn The word “westward” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation to give some orientation.
[31:38] sn The Tower of Hananel is referred to in Neh 3:1; 12:39; Zech 14:10. According to the directions given in Neh 3 it was in the northern wall, perhaps in the northeast corner, north of the temple mount. The Corner Gate is mentioned again in 2 Kgs 14:13; 2 Chr 25:23; 26:9; Zech 14:10. It is generally agreed that it was located in the northwest corner of the city.
[33:7] 9 tn Heb “I will reverse [or restore] the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel.” For this idiom see the translator’s note on Jer 29:14 and see the usage in 30:3, 18; 31:23; 32:44.
[33:7] 10 tn This phrase simply means “as formerly” (BDB 911 s.v. רִאשׁוֹן 3.a). The reference to the “as formerly” must be established from the context. See the usage in Judg 20:32; 1 Kgs 13:6; Isa 1:26.
[33:7] sn Reference is to the reunification of Israel and Judah to the state that they were before the division after Solomon. Compare Jer 3:18; 30:3; 31:27 and see the study note on 30:3.
[36:10] 11 tn Heb “I will multiply on you human(s).”
[9:14] 12 tn This line can also be translated “I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel” and is a common idiom (e.g., Deut 30:3; Jer 30:3; Hos 6:11; Zeph 3:20). This rendering is followed by several modern English versions (e.g., NEB, NRSV, NJPS).
[9:14] 13 tn Or “the ruined [or “desolate”] cities.”
[9:14] 14 tn Or “and live [in them].”