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.
I will bring again the captivity - (Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 33:11).
Tents - used to intimate that their present dwellings in Chaldea were but temporary as tents.
Have mercy on his dwelling places - (Psalms 102:13).
The city shall be builded upon her own heap - on the same hill, i:e., site, a hill being the usual site chosen for a city, (cf. Joshua 11:13, margin.) This better answers the parallel clause, "after the manner thereof" (i:e., in the same becoming way as formerly), than the rendering, "its own heap of ruins," as in Jeremiah 49:2,
The palace - the king's, on mount Zion.
Shall remain - rather, shall be inhabited (note, Jeremiah 17:6; Jeremiah 17:25). This confirms the English version, "palace," not as others translate, 'the temple' (see 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 15:25).