Jer 30:18, 32:44, Eze 39:25, Amo 9:14-15 | JFB | STEP | 18. bring again . . . captivity — ( ). tents —used to intimate that their present dwellings in Chaldea were but temporary as tents. have mercy on dwelling-places — ( ). own heap —on the same hill, that is, site, a hill being the usual site chosen for a city (compare , Margin ). This better answers the parallel clause, "after the manner thereof" (that is, in the same becoming ways as formerly), than the rendering, "its own heap of ruins, " as in . palace —the king's, on Mount Zion. remain —rather, "shall be inhabited" (see on , ). This confirms English Version, "palace," not as others translate, "the temple" (see ).

Jeremiah 30:18

18. bring again . . . captivity— (Jer 33:7, 11).

tents—used to intimate that their present dwellings in Chaldea were but temporary as tents.

have mercy on dwelling-places— (Ps 102:13).

own heap—on the same hill, that is, site, a hill being the usual site chosen for a city (compare Jos 11:13, Margin). This better answers the parallel clause, "after the manner thereof" (that is, in the same becoming ways as formerly), than the rendering, "its own heap of ruins," as in Jer 49:2.

palace—the king's, on Mount Zion.

remain—rather, "shall be inhabited" (see on Jer 17:6, Jer 17:25). This confirms English Version, "palace," not as others translate, "the temple" (see 1Ki 16:18; 2Ki 15:25).

Jeremiah 32:44

44. Referring to the forms of contract (Jer 32:10-12):

Benjamin—specified as Anathoth; Jeremiah's place of residence where the field lay (Jer 32:8), was in it.

Ezekiel 39:25

25. bring again the captivity—restore from calamity to prosperity.

the whole house of Israel—so "all Israel" (Ro 11:26). The restorations of Israel heretofore have been partial; there must be one yet future that is to be universal (Ho 1:11).

Amos 9:14-15

14. build the waste cities— (Isa 61:4; Eze 36:33-36).

15. plant them . . . no more be pulled up— (Jer 32:41).

thy God—Israel's; this is the ground of their restoration, God's original choice of them as His.