Jer 30:3 | TNotes | STEP | 30:3 The new messages expand on the theme of 29:10-14 (see 3:18 ; 16:15 ; 24:6 ). The fall of Jerusalem and the Exile did not mark the end of the Lord’s relationship with Israel. The Lord had a wonderful future for the remnant of his people . Descendants of people from the northern kingdom of Israel who were taken into exile by the Assyrians in 722 BC would be restored. Likewise, descendants of the people of Judah who were taken into Babylonian exile in 597 and 586 BC would return to the Promised Land. • I will bring them home: The first major return from exile occurred in 538 BC (Ezra 1:1–6:22 ), the second in 458 BC (Ezra 7:1–10:44 ), and the third in 445 BC (Neh 1

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‏ Jeremiah 30:3

30:3 ^a The new messages expand on the theme of 29:10-14 ^b (see 3:18 ^c; 16:15 ^d; 24:6 ^e). The fall of Jerusalem and the Exile did not mark the end of the Lord’s relationship with Israel. The Lord had a wonderful future for the remnant of his people. Descendants of people from the northern kingdom of Israel who were taken into exile by the Assyrians in 722 BC would be restored. Likewise, descendants of the people of Judah who were taken into Babylonian exile in 597 and 586 BC would return to the Promised Land.

• I will bring them home: The first major return from exile occurred in 538 BC (Ezra 1:1–6:22 ^f), the second in 458 BC (Ezra 7:1–10:44 ^g), and the third in 445 BC (Neh 1–13 ^h).