Jer 40:11-14 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 40:11-12: 40:11-12 The new governor’s promises encouraged people of Judah who had fled to neighboring countries to move back to their land. The mention of a great harvest indicates that the Babylonians had not destroyed the crops when they laid siege to Jerusalem.

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‏ Jeremiah 40:11-14

Summary for Jer 40:11-12: 40:11-12 ^a The new governor’s promises encouraged people of Judah who had fled to neighboring countries to move back to their land. The mention of a great harvest indicates that the Babylonians had not destroyed the crops when they laid siege to Jerusalem.
40:14 ^b Ammon was a small highland nation east of the Jordan Valley.

• Ishmael son of Nethaniah had royal blood in his veins (2 Kgs 25:25 ^c).