Jeremiah 31:17

  Jeremiah 31:17

And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

a. NLT: There is hope for your future,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own land.

b. NIV: So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the LORD. “Your children will return to their own land.

c. Amplified Bible: And there is hope for your future, says the Lord; your children shall come back to their own country.

d. Septuagint [Listed under Jeremiah 38:17: [There shall be] an abiding [home] for thy children.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: There is hope for your future—the word of HASHEM—and your children will return to their border.

1. “And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD…”

a. there is [3426 * yesh] [Strong: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection):--(there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.]

b. hope [8615 * tiqvah] [Strong: from 6960; literally, a cord (as an attachment (Compare 6961)); figuratively, expectancy:--expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.]

c. thine end [319 * ‘achariyth] [Strong:  from 310; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity:--(last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.]

d. saith [5002 * n’um] [Strong: from 5001; an oracle:--(hath) said, saith.]

e. LORD [3068 * Yehovah] [Strong: from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord.]

2. “…that thy children shall come again to their own border.”

a. children [1121 * ben] [Strong: from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

b. come again [7725 * shuwb] [Strong: a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again:--((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.]

c. border [1366 * gbuwl] [Strong: from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed:--border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.]

d. The reason they will come to their own border is they will be rescued by our God.

1). Isaiah 49:25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

2). Isaiah 44:1-5 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

            44:2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help                   thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

            44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour             my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

            44:4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

44:5 One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

e. The border of the children the end of the verse refers to is within the kingdom  of God’s dear Son, Christ Jesus.

1). Colossians 1:12-14  Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

            1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: