Jeremiah 50:4

“In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, etc.] When Babylon shall be taken and destroyed, then what follows shall be accomplished; which, as it respects the conversion of the Jews, shows that this prophecy is not to be restrained to literal Babylon: the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together: upon the taking of Babylon, in a literal sense, by Cyrus, the children of Israel, or the ten tribes, carried away by the Assyrians, did not return; only the children of Judah, or the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with the Levites, and a few of the other tribes, that might be mixed among them: but when mystical Babylon is fallen, then the whole body of the Jews…”

“Fulfilled only in part when some few of the ten tribes of "Israel" joined Judah in a "covenant" with God, at the restoration of Judah to its land (Neh 9:38; Neh 10:29). The full event is yet to come (Jer 31:9; Hos 1:11; Zac 12:10). weeping--with joy at their restoration beyond all hope; and with sorrow at the remembrance of their sins and sufferings (Ezr 3:12-13; Psa 126:5-6). seek . . . Lord-- (Hos 3:5).”

“The fall of Babylon is to be immediately followed by the return of the exiles homewards, in tearful procession, because they go as penitents; and yet with joy, because their faces are toward Zion. The cessation moreover of the schism between Israel and Judah is one of the signs of the times of the Messiah Isaiah 11:12-13, and symbolically represents the gathering together of the warring empires of the world under the peaceful scepter of the Church’s King. Going and weeping: they shall go - Omit the colon; i. e., “they go ever onward weeping.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“In those days - In the days wherein God shall begin to execute judgment upon Babylon, (which was in the time of Cyrus) the children of Judah shall come out of captivity, and some of the children of Israel hearing that their brethren were gone out of Babylon, shall go up also from the several places into which they were disposed by the Assyrians: weeping for their sins, or for joy that God should shew them such mercy. Jeremiah 50:6”

“50:4-10 This poetic interlude was a message of hope for the Israelite exiles in Babylon in contrast to the judgment and oppression they had been experiencing. The divine Judge is also the divine Savior. 50:4 In those coming days: In 538, 458, and 445 BC, some exiles of Israel moved back to their homeland. • The people of Israel and Judah would come weeping with joy and repentance, choosing to worship the Lord their God instead of worshiping idols.”

“those: Jer 50:20, Jer 3:16-18, Jer 33:15, Jer 51:47, Jer 51:48; Isa 63:4 the children of Israel: Jer 50:19, Jer 50:20, Jer 50:33, Jer 50:34, Jer 3:18, Jer 33:6-8, Jer 30:10, Jer 30:11, Jer 31:6, Jer 31:7, Jer 31:31, Jer 33:7; Isa 11:12, Isa 11:13; Isa 14:1; Eze 37:16-22, Eze 39:25; Hos 1:11 going: Jer 31:9, Jer 31:10; Ezr 3:12, Ezr 3:13; Psa 126:4-6; Joe 2:12; Zac 12:10; Jam 4:9 seek the: Jer 29:12-14; Psa 105:4; Isa 45:19, Isa 55:6; Hos 3:5; Zac 8:21-23 Jeremiah 50:5”