Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 3:16-18

16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multipliedH7235 and increasedH6509 in the landH776, in those daysH3117, saithH5002 YhwhH3068, they shall sayH559 no more, The arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of YhwhH3068: neither shall it comeH5927 to mindH3820: neither shall they rememberH2142 it; neither shall they visitH6485 it; neither shall that be doneH6213 any more.1 2

17At that timeH6256 they shall callH7121 JerusalemH3389 the throneH3678 of YhwhH3068; and all the nationsH1471 shall be gatheredH6960 unto it, to the nameH8034 of YhwhH3068, to JerusalemH3389: neither shall they walkH3212 any more afterH310 the imaginationH8307 of their evilH7451 heartH3820.3

18In those daysH3117 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 shall walkH3212 with the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, and they shall comeH935 togetherH3162 out of the landH776 of the northH6828 to the landH776 that I have given for an inheritanceH5157 unto your fathersH1.4 5

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 3:16 come to mind: Heb. come upon the heart. ↩
2. Jeremiah 3:16 that…: or, it be magnified. ↩
3. Jeremiah 3:17 imagination: or, stubbornness. ↩
4. Jeremiah 3:18 with: or, to. ↩
5. Jeremiah 3:18 given…: or, caused your fathers to possess. ↩

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