Yeremia 31:12

31:12 They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion.

They will be radiant with joy ¹  over the good things the Lord provides,

the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil,

the young sheep and calves he has given to them.

They will be like a well-watered garden

and will not grow faint or weary any more.

Ulangan 33:19

33:19 They will summon peoples to the mountain,

there they will sacrifice proper ²  sacrifices;

for they will enjoy ³  the abundance of the seas,

and the hidden treasures of the shores. ⁴ 

Yeremia 50:4-5

50:4 “When that time comes,” says the Lord, ⁵ 

“the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together.

They will come back with tears of repentance

as they seek the Lord their God. ⁶ 

50:5 They will ask the way to Zion;

they will turn their faces toward it.

They will come ⁷  and bind themselves to the Lord

in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten. ⁸ 

Mikha 4:2

4:2 Many nations will come, saying,

“Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple ⁹  of Jacob’s God,

so he can teach us his commands ¹⁰ 

and we can live by his laws.” ¹¹ 

For Zion will be the source of instruction;

the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. ¹² 

[31:12]  ¹ tn Reading a Qal perfect from the root II נָהַר (nahar; so KBL 509 s.v. and HALOT 639 s.v.) rather than I נָהַר (so BDB 625 s.v.).

[33:19]  ² tn Or “acceptable”; Heb “righteous” (so NASB).

[33:19]  ³ tn Heb “suck.”

[33:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “of the sand” (so NRSV, NLT); CEV “the sandy beach.”

[50:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

[50:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together. They shall go, weeping as they go, and they will seek the Lord their God.” The concept of “seeking” the Lord often has to do with seeking the Lord in worship (by sacrifice [Hos 5:6; 2 Chr 11:16]; prayer [Zech 8:21, 22; 2 Sam 12:16; Isa 65:1; 2 Chr 15:4]). In Hos 7:10 it is in parallel with returning to the Lord. In Ps 69:6 it is in parallel with hoping in or trusting in the Lord. Perhaps the most helpful parallels here, however, are Hos 3:5 (in comparison with Jer 30:9) and 2 Chr 15:15 where it is in the context of a covenant commitment to be loyal to the Lord which is similar to the context here (see the next verse). The translation is admittedly paraphrastic but “seeking the Lord” does not mean here looking for God as though he were merely a person to be found.

[50:5]  ⁷ tc The translation here assumes that the Hebrew בֹּאוּ (bo’u; a Qal imperative masculine plural) should be read בָּאוּ (ba’u; a Qal perfect third plural). This reading is presupposed by the Greek version of Aquila, the Latin version, and the Targum (see BHS note a, which mistakenly assumes that the form must be imperfect).

[50:5]  ⁸ sn See Jer 32:40 and the study note there for the nature of this lasting agreement.

[4:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[4:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “ways.”

[4:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and we can walk in his paths.”

[4:2]  ¹² tn Heb “instruction [or, “law”] will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

[4:2]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.