Reference

Jeremiah 30:4

And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
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Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

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For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

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And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

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For thus saith the Lord; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

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Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Israel as Distinct
Semantic Discovery
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Israel as Distinct

The phrase "Israel and Judah" in this verse, while distinguishing between the two kingdoms historically, does not inherently preclude a future understanding where "Israel" (the collective people of God) could encompass a broader spiritual entity, such as the Church, in later biblical theology. The distinction here is primarily historical and geographical, referring to the divided kingdom at the time Jeremiah prophesied, rather than a definitive statement about their ultimate, separate eschatolog