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Jeremiah 29 promises restoration after seventy years of Babylonian rule. Later editors echoed that promise at Jeremiah 33, where the exiles are now required to come home before a Davidic king can appear.
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Jeremiah 29:10
Hebrew Bible
9 They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. But I did not send them. I, the Lord, affirm it!’ 10 “For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland. 11 For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.
Jeremiah 33:14
Hebrew Bible
13 I, the Lord, say that shepherds will once again count their sheep as they pass into the fold. They will do this in all the towns in the hill country, the foothills, the Negev, the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, and the towns of Judah.’ 14 “I, the Lord, affirm: ‘The time will certainly come when I will fulfill my gracious promise concerning the nations of Israel and Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous branch31 of David. “‘He will do what is just and right in the land.
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Notes and References
"... It evidently arose through a contemporary reading of older texts such as Jeremiah 23:5–6 after the Persian period, at which point the question became increasingly pressing with regard to the meaning of these promises of dominion that have gone unfulfilled for centuries since “Jeremiah.” Jeremiah 33:14–16 answers this question by affirming the promise from Jeremiah 23:5–6 on the one hand, but on the other, by coupling it with the one from 29:10, this makes fulfillment contingent upon the conditions of 29:10. Only when the Diaspora have returned to the land will the promise of dominion from Jeremiah 23:5–6 be fulfilled. This new interpretation of Jeremiah 23:5–6 in Jeremiah 33:14–16 results from the theological synthesis of traditional material. On the flip side, it is only recognizable as the result of a theologically informed reading of the book of Jeremiah. ..."
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