Jeremiah 31:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

From the north - Assyria, Media, etc. (note, Jeremiah 3:12; Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 23:8).

I will gather them from the coasts of the earth - (Ezekiel 20:34; Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 34:13).

With them the blind and the lame ... - not even the most infirm and unfit persons for a journey shall be left behind, so universal shall be the restoration.

A great company shall return - or, they shall return 'in a great company' (Maurer).

Jeremiah 31:8

8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.