Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.
Study Note
Study Note
In the oracle against Babylon, a vision of Israel and Judah returning together, weeping as they seek the Lord their God, forms a tender counterpoint to the surrounding oracles of conquest and destruction. The image of 'going and weeping' combines pilgrimage movement with repentance, suggesting that the return from exile is simultaneously a spiritual homecoming. The unexpected reunion of 'the children of Israel' and 'the children of Judah' (the divided kingdoms re-united) makes this a passage about the end of the rupture that began in 1 Kings 12. Ezekiel 37:15-28's vision of the two sticks becoming one is the structural parallel, and both passages are taken in Christian typology as pointing toward the one body of Christ drawn from divided peoples.
Other Translations
In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Come in do sons of Israel, They and sons of Judah together, Going on and weeping they go, And Jehovah their God they seek.
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.
Cross References
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Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.
He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together …
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy …
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: …
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of …
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: