KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Look, I will bring them back from the northern lands and gather them from the farthest corners of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the disabled, pregnant women and those in labor - a great crowd of people will return home.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is promising to bring His scattered people back home from exile, including the most vulnerable and helpless among them.
📚 Historical Context
This prophecy was given during or shortly before the Babylonian exile (around 586 BC), when many Jews were forcibly taken from their homeland to Babylon in the north. Jeremiah is prophesying about God's future restoration of Israel, when the exiled people would return to their promised land.
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