COMMENTARY

Jeremiah 31:7-14
Yahweh promises to rebuild the nation of Israel. God's word is one of hope through restoration of the exiles to their homeland. Previously Jeremiah had the unpleasant task of giving God's word as a message of doom, destruction, and exile. Now, God has him give a message for the period after the Babylonian captivity. Through Jeremiah God has a word of hope by promising the gathering and returning the exiles to Zion.

Isaiah 61:10--62:3
Israel rejoices that God has clothed him with righteousness and salvation which the nations will see. This passage, written by III Isaiah around 530 BC, deals with a time when the returned exiles did not find conditions as glorious as II Isaiah promised. III Isaiah kept the message of righteousness and salvation, pictured as fes…