Yeremia 24:5

24:5 “I, the Lord, the God of Israel, say: ‘The exiles whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon ¹  are like those good figs. I consider them to be good.

Yeremia 32:42

32:42 “For I, the Lord, say: ²  ‘I will surely bring on these people all the good fortune that I am hereby promising them. I will be just as sure to do that as I have been in bringing all this great disaster on them. ³ 

[24:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4.

[32:42]  ² tn Heb “For thus says the Lord.” See the translator’s notes on 32:27, 36.

[32:42]  ³ tn Heb “As I have brought all this great disaster on these people so I will bring upon them all the good fortune which I am promising them.” The translation has broken down the longer Hebrew sentence to better conform to English style.

[32:42]  sn See the same guarantee in Jer 31:27.