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for I will forgive the remnant I preserve. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> In those days and in that time,” says the LORD, “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> In those days and at that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the wrongdoing of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will forgive those whom I leave as a remnant.’ <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216In those days and at that time,&#8217 declares the LORD, &#8216search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘In those days and at that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I shall pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’ <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> In those days and at that time,’ declares Yahweh, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’ <a href="/amp/jeremiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In those days and at that time,’ says the LORD, ‘a search will be made for the wickedness of Israel, but there will be none and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’ <a href="/csb/jeremiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In those days and at that time — this is the LORD’s declaration — one will search for Israel’s iniquity, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In those days and at that time— this is the LORD&#8217s declaration— one will search for Israel&#8217s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah&#8217s sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I will rescue a few people from Israel and Judah. I will forgive them so completely that their sin and guilt will disappear, never to be found. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In those days and at that time," declares the LORD, "people will look for Israel's crimes, but they will find none. They will look for Judah's sins, but none will be found. I will forgive the faithful few whom I have spared. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'the iniquity of Israel will be searched for, but there will be none; and the sin of Judah, but none will be found, because I'll pardon those I leave as a remnant.'" <a href="/msb/jeremiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel?s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah?s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve. <a href="/net/jeremiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the LORD, affirm it!'" <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In those days, and in that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant."'" <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. <a href="/web/jeremiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> In those days, and at that time,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “The iniquity of Israel is sought, and it is not, "" And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, "" For I am propitious to those whom I leave! <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave! <a href="/slt/jeremiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In those days and in that time, says Jehovah, he will seek the iniquity of Israel, and not any; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I shall forgive to whom I shall leave.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none: and the sin of Juda, and there shall none be found: for I will be merciful to them, whom I shall leave. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and there will be none. And the sin of Judah will be sought, and none will be found. For I will be forgiving to them, whom I will leave behind. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> In those days, at that time—oracle of the LORD: The guilt of Israel may be sought, but it no longer exists, the sin of Judah, but it can no longer be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and none shall be found; for I will pardon the remnant that I have spared.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In those days and in that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon those whom I reserve as a remnant. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In those days and at that season, says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, the evil of Israel will be looked into and it is not, and the sin of Judea, and it shall not be found, because I shall forgive the rest of them who were left<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, The iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none, And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> In those days, and at that time, they shall seek for the iniquity of Israel, and there shall be none; and for the sins of Juda, and they shall not be found: for I will be merciful to them that are left <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=15470" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Redemption for God's People</a> …19I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. 20<a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hā·hêm (Art:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">In those</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yā·mîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hî (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">and at that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ū·ḇā·‘êṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">time,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: yə·ḇuq·qaš (V-Pual-Imperf-3ms) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">a search will be made</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">for Israel’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wōn (N-csc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">guilt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ê·nen·nū (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3ms) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but there will be none,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">and for Judah’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭōṯ (N-fpc) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">sins,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but they will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: ṯim·mā·ṣe·nāh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fp) -- To attain to, find. ">be found;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/5545.htm" title="5545: ’es·laḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To forgive, pardon. A primitive root; to forgive.">I will forgive</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: la·’ă·šer (Prep-l:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: ’aš·’îr (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">the remnant I preserve.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a> I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more. <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a> Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. <a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">Hebrews 8:12</a> For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” <a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22</a> I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a> As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. <a href="/romans/11-27.htm">Romans 11:27</a> And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.” <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a> If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-26</a> I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13-14</a> When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, / having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Isaiah 33:24</a> And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity. <a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Hebrews 10:17</a> Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.In those<a href="/jeremiah/50-4.htm">Jeremiah 50:4</a> In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.<a href="/jeremiah/33-15.htm">Jeremiah 33:15</a> In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.the iniquity<a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a> And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.<a href="/numbers/23-21.htm">Numbers 23:21</a> He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.<a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1,2</a> And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: … and there<a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a> As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.<a href="/romans/5-16.htm">Romans 5:16</a> And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.<a href="/2_peter/3-15.htm">2 Peter 3:15</a> And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;I will pardon<a href="/jeremiah/44-14.htm">Jeremiah 44:14</a> So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.<a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a> Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.<a href="/micah/7-19.htm">Micah 7:19</a> He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-10.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-9.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-3.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-3.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm">Found</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-31.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-4.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Pardon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-3.htm">Propitious</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-7.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Reserve</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Search</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-3.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-30.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Spare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-16.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/50-30.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-22.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-63.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-42.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-24.htm">Found</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-49.htm">Israel's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-33.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Pardon</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Propitious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/matthew/18-31.htm">Reserve</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-11.htm">Search</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Spare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 50</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/50-1.htm">The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reflects the prophetic nature of Jeremiah's message, pointing to a time when God's promises will be fulfilled. This language is reminiscent of other prophetic books, such as Daniel and Joel, which also use similar expressions to denote significant divine interventions in history.a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none The imagery of a search suggests a thorough examination or investigation. Historically, Israel had been guilty of idolatry and breaking the covenant with God, leading to their exile. However, this prophecy speaks of a future time when their guilt will be completely removed. This can be connected to the concept of divine forgiveness and cleansing, as seen in <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a>, where God removes transgressions as far as the east is from the west.and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found Judah, like Israel, had been guilty of sin, leading to the Babylonian captivity. The promise that their sins will not be found indicates total forgiveness and restoration. This echoes the new covenant promise in <a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a>, where God declares He will remember their sins no more. It also prefigures the ultimate atonement through Christ, who takes away the sins of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).for I will forgive the remnant I preserve The concept of a remnant is significant throughout the Old Testament, referring to a faithful group preserved by God despite widespread apostasy. This remnant theology is seen in Isaiah and Zephaniah, emphasizing God's grace and faithfulness. The promise of forgiveness highlights God's mercy and the future hope of restoration. This forgiveness is ultimately fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who offers redemption and reconciliation with God (<a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> Refers to the northern kingdom, representing the people of God who were often in rebellion but are promised restoration and forgiveness. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom, also guilty of sin, yet included in God's promise of forgiveness and restoration. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promises forgiveness and restoration to His people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_remnant.htm">The Remnant</a> A group of people spared by God, representing those who remain faithful or are chosen by God to receive His mercy. 5. <a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a> Though not directly mentioned in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/50.htm">Jeremiah 50</a> is a prophecy against Babylon, symbolizing the oppressors of God's people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_forgiveness_is_complete.htm">God's Forgiveness is Complete</a> The verse emphasizes that when God forgives, He removes our sins entirely. This should encourage believers to trust in the completeness of God's forgiveness and not dwell on past sins. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_remnant.htm">The Importance of the Remnant</a> God's promise to spare a remnant highlights His faithfulness to His covenant people. Believers today can see themselves as part of God's remnant, called to live faithfully in a world that often opposes God's ways. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> Despite past failures, God promises restoration. This offers hope to individuals and communities that God can restore what is broken. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_salvation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Salvation</a> The verse underscores that it is God who initiates forgiveness and restoration. Believers should rest in the assurance that their salvation is secure in God's sovereign plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 50</a> <a href="/q/what_was_the_babylonian_empire.htm">What was the Babylonian Empire?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._2_20_align_with_mosaic_law.htm">Jeremiah 2:20 speaks of Israel's unfaithfulness as a breach of covenant; how do we reconcile this metaphorical language with the literal legal requirements of Mosaic Law?</a> <a href="/q/why_couldn't_ezekiel_mourn_his_wife.htm">Why would God forbid Ezekiel from mourning his wife's death (Ezekiel 24:15-18), and how does this command reconcile with the Bible's portrayal of divine compassion?</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_jeremiah's_life.htm">What are the key events in Jeremiah's life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) In those days, and in that time . . .--The formula is that which in prophetic language points to the far-off times of the Christ. Their restoration to their earthly homes was but a small thing. That which was to the prophet the great blessing of the future was that it would bring with it the New Covenant of <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm" title="Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:">Jeremiah 31:31</a>, pardon and peace, iniquity and sin remembered no more.I will pardon them whom I reserve.--The latter verb contains the root of the "remnant" which is so prominent in Isaiah (<a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm" title="Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrah.">Isaiah 1:9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/7-3.htm" title="Then said the LORD to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;">Isaiah 7:3</a>), and expresses the same thought. "The remnant," the reserved ones, shall be pardoned.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - In those days, etc. An evangelical promise, reminding us of <a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a> and Jeremiah 33:8, and of the combination of spiritual with temporal blessings in the latter part of Isaiah. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In those הָהֵם֩ (hā·hêm) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They days בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day and at that הַהִ֜יא (ha·hî) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are time, וּבָעֵ֨ת (ū·ḇā·‘êṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel a search will transpire יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ (yə·ḇuq·qaš) Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> To search out, to strive after for Israel’s יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc guilt, עֲוֺ֤ן (‘ă·wōn) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity but there will be none, וְאֵינֶ֔נּוּ (wə·’ê·nen·nū) Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle and for Judah’s יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites sins, חַטֹּ֥את (ḥaṭ·ṭōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender but they will not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no be found; תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה (ṯim·mā·ṣe·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I will forgive אֶסְלַ֖ח (’es·laḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5545.htm">Strong's 5545: </a> To forgive, pardon the remnant I spare.” אַשְׁאִֽיר׃ (’aš·’îr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Jeremiah 50:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 50:20 In those days and in that time (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/50-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/50-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 50:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 50:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>