Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Therefore - so severe shall be the Jews' bondage that their deliverance from it shall be a greater benefit than that out of Egypt. The consolation is incidental here; the prominent thought is the severity of their punishment, so great that their rescue from it will be greater than that from Egypt (Calvin); so the context (Jeremiah 16:13; Jeremiah 16:17-18) proves (Jeremiah 24:7-8; Isaiah 43:18).