Jeremiah 16:15 meaning and explanation

Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.

Jeremiah 16:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah has just announced exile from the land, and here God speaks through him a promise that follows the judgment. The oath formula “as surely as the LORD lives” was tied to the exodus from Egypt, Israel’s founding rescue.

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