Jeremiah 16:15

“But the Lord liveth, etc.] Or they shall swear by the living Lord; or declare his power, as the Targum: “that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north”; that is, from Babylon, which lay north of Judea. The Jewsf342 gather from hence, that the land of Israel was higher than all other lands, because it is said, that “brought up”, or “caused to ascend”; as out of the land of Egypt as before, so out of all other lands. The meaning is, that the deliverance from the Babylonish captivity was a greater blessing and mercy than the deliverance out of Egypt; the hardships they endured in Babylon being in some respects greater than those they endured in Egypt; and especially the…”

“the north--Chaldea. But while the return from Babylon is primarily meant, the return hereafter is the full and final accomplishment contemplated, as "from all the lands" proves. "Israel" was not, save in a very limited sense, "gathered from all the lands" at the return from Babylon (see on Jer 24:6; Jer 30:3; Jer 32:15).”

“These two verses, by promising a deliverance greater than that from Egypt, implied also a chastisement more terrible than the bondage in the iron furnace there. Instead of their being placed in one land, there was to be a scattering into the north and many other countries, followed finally by a restoration. return to 'Top of Page'”

“that brought: Jer 3:18, Jer 24:6, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:10, Jer 31:8, Jer 32:37, Jer 50:19; Deu 30:3-5; Psa 106:47; Isa 11:11-16, Isa 13:5, Isa 13:6, Isa 14:1, Isa 27:12, Isa 27:13; Eze 34:12-14, Eze 36:24, Eze 37:21, Eze 37:22; Eze 39:28; Amo 9:14 Jeremiah 16:16”