Jeremiah 31:17

Jeremiah 31:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There is hope for your future, declares the Lord, and your children shall come back to their own country.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is hope in your future, says the Lord, That your children shall come back to their own border.
• New Living Translation (NLT)There is hope for your future,” says the Lord. “Your children will come again to their own land.

Context of Jeremiah 31:17

15This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” 16This is what the Lord says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord. “They will return from the land of the enemy. So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the Lord. “Your children will return to their own land. 18“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God. 19After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Jeremiah 31:17 word by word

וְיֵשׁ־תִּקְוָ֥ה לְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁ֥בוּ בָנִ֖ים לִגְבוּלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And there isיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• in thine endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• that thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• shall come againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to their own borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:17

• Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
• Jeremiah 46:27“Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.
• Psalms 102:13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
• Isaiah 6:13And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”
• Isaiah 11:11In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
• Lamentations 3:18So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
• Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’
• Ezekiel 39:28Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind.
• Hosea 2:15There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
• Hosea 3:5Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
• Amos 9:8“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not totally destroy the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord.
• Matthew 24:22“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
• Romans 11:23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their restoration. Jeremiah 31:15 Ramah, mentioned because of its nearness to Jerusalem, from which it was distant about five miles. As the mother of three tribes, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, Rachel is regarded as the mother of the whole ten. This passage is quoted by Matthew (marginal reference)…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 He that scattered Israel, knows where to find them. It is comfortable to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence. But our souls are never valuable as gardens, unless watered with the dews of God's Spirit and grace. A precious promise follows, which will not have full accomplishment except in the heavenly Zion. Let them be satisfied of God's loving-kindness, and they will be satisfied with it, and desire no more to make…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17Rachel should not cry, because the Lord promised to return her exiled children to their land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. hope in ... end--All thy calamities shall have a prosperous issue.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Remember
• Unaccustomed
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings