Jeremiah 50:4

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh declares to the exiled communities of Israel and Judah that following the northern invasion that will desolate their land, they will return in repentance.

The words — בַּ/יָּמִ֨ים (ba/i.ya.Mim) and וּ/בָ/עֵ֤ת (u./va./'Et) literally render "in the days" and "at the time," emphasizing a specific, divinely appointed period. נְאֻם\־ (ne.'um-) marks the utterance as Yahweh's authoritative speech.

The thread — This gathering motif appears in Hosea 1:11 and Hosea 3:5, where Judah and Israel are reunited under one leader to seek God. Jeremiah 31:31 extends the theme by linking their return to the establishment of a new covenant.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that divine judgment precedes corporate return, and that seeking God is framed as a deliberate, collective movement rather than an individual sentiment.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Hosea 1:11 Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
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.
Isaiah 11:12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Ezra 3:12 But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
Psalms 105:4 Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
Psalms 126:4 Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.
Isaiah 14:1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.