That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
Oath - (Psalms 105:9-10).
As it is this day. These are the concluding words of God to the Israelites at the time when formerly they were brought out of Egypt. "Obey, etc., that I may at this time make good the promise I made to your fathers, etc., to give," etc. (Maurer). The English version makes the words apply to Jeremiah's time, 'As ye know at this time that God's promise has been fulfilled,' namely, in Israel's acquisition of Canaan.
So be it - Hebrew, Amen. Taken from Deuteronomy 27:15-26. Jeremiah hereby solemnly concurs in the justice of the curses pronounced there (see Jeremiah 11:3).