Promises of Restoration (Jeremaih 30:1–24)

I. Introduction to the Messages (30:1–3)

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 “Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying: ‘Write in a book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you. 3 For behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD. ‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”

A. These verses serve as an introduction.

The Lord instructed Jeremiah to write in a “book” (better understood as a scroll) all the words he had spoken to him.

The significance of the first two verses is that the source of these words of hope was not the wishes or expectation of Jeremiah. The hope here described is the Lord’s program of redemption revealed to Jeremiah for his people.

B. The Lord announced to Jeremiah that “days are coming” when he would bring Israel and Judah “back from captivity.”

He was going to restore them to the land he had given to their ancestors.

“Days are coming” is an expression that may refer to events in the near future or remote future. “I will surely save … your descendants” (30:10) could not be an immediate future.