Jeremiah 31 · Verse 17

Jeremiah 31:17

And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Jeremiah 31:17, King James Version

Jeremiah 31:17 in other translations

BSBSo there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
WEBThere is hope for your latter end,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own territory.
ASVAnd there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and thy children shall come again to their own border.
YLTAnd there is hope for thy latter end, An affirmation of Jehovah, And the sons have turned back to their border.
DARBYAnd there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah, and thy children shall come again to their own border.
BBEAnd there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.
WebsterAnd there is hope in thy end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

What does Jeremiah 31:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. hope in ... end--All thy calamities shall have a prosperous issue.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 31:10-17

He that scattered Israel, knows where to find them. It is comfortable to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence. But our souls are never valuable as gardens, unless watered with the dews of God's Spirit and grace. A precious promise follows, which will not have full accomplishment except in the heavenly Zion. Let them be satisfied of God's loving-kindness, and they will be satisfied with it, and…

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Jeremiah 31:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיֵשׁ\־ve.yesh-and thereH3426
תִּקְוָ֥הtik.Vah[is] hopeH8615
לְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְle.'a.cha.ri.Tekhfor future yourH319
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְשָׁ֥בוּve.Sha.vuand they will returnH7725
בָנִ֖יםva.NimchildrenH1121
לִגְבוּלָֽם\׃\ \סlig.vu.Lamto own territory theirH1366

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 31:17

  • Lamentations 3:21

    This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

  • Lamentations 3:26

    It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

  • Hosea 2:15

    And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Jeremiah 29:11-16

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. …

  • Lamentations 3:18

    And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:

  • Romans 11:23-26

    And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

  • Ezekiel 37:25

    And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

  • Matthew 24:22

    And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

  • Isaiah 11:11-16

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. …

  • Psalms 102:13-14

    Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

  • Jeremiah 46:27-28

    But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
29:11-16; 46:27,28; Ps 102:13,14; Isa 6:13; 11:11-16
La 3:18,21,26; Eze 37:11-14,25; 39:28; Ho 2:15; 3:5; Am 9:8,9
Mt 24:22; Ro 11:23-26

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Context

  • Jeremiah 31:16

    Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

  • Jeremiah 31:17

    And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

  • Jeremiah 31:18

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.

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Jeremiah 31:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esperanza también hay para tu fin, dice Jehová, y los hijos volverán á su término.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y a espoir pour ta fin, dit l’ Éternel, et tes fils reviendront dans leurs confins.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Hoffnung ist da für dein Ende spricht Jehova, und deine Kinder werden in ihr Gebiet zurückkehren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et est spes novissimis tuis, ait Dominus, et revertentur filii ad terminos suos.