Bible Strands
Jeremiah 33:7
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Jeremiah to the exiles of Judah, in the wake of the field purchase in Anathoth (ch. 32). This is the climactic promise of the restoration oracle in Jeremiah 33.
The words — שְׁבוּת (shĕbûṯ), "captivity," is the noun form of שׁוּב, "to turn back," and its repetition for both Judah and Israel marks the full scope of the reversal. The verb הֲשִׁיב (hāshîb) is Hiphil, "I will cause to return," making the agent explicitly God.
The thread — Jeremiah 30:3 mirrors the verse almost verbatim: "I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah." Amos 9:14 pairs the same restoration with the rebuilding of ruined cities.
Why it lands — The verse asserts that God's sovereignty extends over the fate of nations, not just individuals. It asks the reader to hold that judgment and restoration are both within one divine plan, and that the exile is not the final word.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 1:26 I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
- Jeremiah 30:3 For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
- Amos 9:14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Jeremiah 29:14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
- Jeremiah 31:4 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Jeremiah 32:44 Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
- Psalms 85:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
- Psalms 126:4 Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.
- Jeremiah 23:3 Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
- Jeremiah 24:6 I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.