Jeremiah 30:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

Ver. 18. The captivity of Jacob's tents,] i.e., The poor captives that now live at Babylon as strangers in tents or huts.

And the city shall be builded upon her own heap.] Or, Hill, sc., in Mount Moriah. Jerusalem shall be inhabited in Jerusalem. Zec 12:6 All this was prolusio perfectae liberationis in Christo, saith Junius, a type and pledge of perfect deliverance by Christ.

Jeremiah 30:18

18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap,c and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.