Yeremia 37:8

37:8 Then the Babylonian forces ¹  will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.

Yeremia 12:15

12:15 But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent ²  and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands ³  and to their own country.

[37:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in the translation here for the sake of clarity.

[12:15]  ² tn For the use of the verb “turn” (שׁוּב, shuv) in this sense, see BDB s.v. שׁוּב Qal.6.g and compare the usage in Pss 90:13; 6:4; Joel 2:14. It does not simply mean “again” as several of the English versions render it.

[12:15]  ³ sn The Lord is sovereign over the nations and has allotted each of them their lands. See Deut 2:5 (Edom), Deut 2:9 (Moab), Deut 2:19 (Ammon). He promised to restore not only his own people Israel to their land (Jer 32:37) but also Moab (Jer 48:47) and Ammon (Jer 49:6).