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Jeremiah 31:23 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 31 · verse 23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.Jeremiah 31:23 · King James Version
Jeremiah 31:23 in context
21Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
22How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
23Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
24And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
25For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- captivityshᵉbûwthexile, concretely, prisonersH7622 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- speechdâbâra wordH1697 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
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We have here, I. Ephraim's repentance, and return to God. Not only Judah, but Ephraim the ten tribes, shall be restored, and therefore shall thus be prepared and qualified for it, Hos 14:8.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-26