Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Set up road signs for yourself, make tall markers: focus your heart on the main road, the very path you traveled before. Come back, O virgin Israel, come back to your own cities.
God is calling His people to remember the way home and return to Him and their homeland after their time of exile.
📚 Historical Context
This verse was spoken during the Babylonian exile when the Jewish people had been forcibly removed from their homeland and taken to Babylon as captives. Jeremiah is prophesying about their future return from exile, encouraging them to remember the route they took when they were taken away so they could find their way back home. The term 'virgin of Israel' refers to the nation in its pure, restored state.
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