Jer 31:28 | KingComments | STEP | The time of blessing will come ( ). There will be an abundance of people and beasts in both the houses of Israel which will then be one house. The LORD will sow the seed of people and beasts and there will be an abundant harvest (cf. ; ). What a contrast that will be to the desolation of the land now, when the people have been taken away into exile and the livestock have nothing to live on. The LORD will fulfill His word to build up and plant just as He has said about to pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster ( ). They will see that His judgments were justified. They will acknowledge that they came on them not because their fathers sinned ( ), but because they themselves deserved them ( ; cf. ).

‏ Jeremiah 31:28

Abundance Under the Messiah

The time of blessing will come (Jer 31:27). There will be an abundance of people and beasts in both the houses of Israel which will then be one house. The LORD will sow the seed of people and beasts and there will be an abundant harvest (cf. Eze 36:8-11; Hos 1:11 ; Hos 2:23). What a contrast that will be to the desolation of the land now, when the people have been taken away into exile and the livestock have nothing to live on.

The LORD will fulfill His word to build up and plant just as He has said about to pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster (Jer 31:28). They will see that His judgments were justified. They will acknowledge that they came on them not because their fathers sinned (Jer 31:29), but because they themselves deserved them (Jer 31:30; cf. Eze 18:2-3).