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Jeremiah 30:24
The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah delivers this declaration to Israel regarding their future restoration after a season of judgment. The statement immediately follows a description of the LORD’s storm of fury moving against the wicked.
The words — חֲרוֹן אַף (ḥarôn ’ap) literally means "burning of anger," describing the LORD's fierce wrath. יָשׁוּב (yāšûḇ) means "it will turn back," emphasizing that this wrath will not cease prematurely.
The thread — The identical phrasing appears in Jeremiah 23:20, linking this judgment to prophetic fulfillment. The promise that future generations will understand aligns with the restoration themes in Hosea 3:5 and Micah 4:1.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to accept that divine judgment operates with deliberate, unyielding purpose rather than arbitrary impulse. The text demands patience and trust that God's purposes will be completed before understanding is granted.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 23:20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Micah 4:1 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
- Jeremiah 4:28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
- Ezekiel 38:16 You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
- Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Ezekiel 20:47 Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
- Ezekiel 21:5 Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
- Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
- Daniel 10:14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”