| Jeremiah 31 | |
|---|---|
 Partially torn page from Jeremiah (31:34 - 32:14) of the Aleppo Codex from a fascimile edition. | |
| Book | Book of Jeremiah |
| Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 6 |
| Category | Latter Prophets |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 24 |
Jeremiah 31 is the thirty-first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is numbered as Jeremiah 38 in the Septuagint. The book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets (Nevi'im). This chapter is notable for the passage about the "New Covenant" (31:31-34) of God with His restored people[1][2] and the quoting of 31:15 in the “Massacre of the Innocents" narrative (Gospel of Matthew 2:16-18).[3] The Jerusalem Bible refers to chapters 30 and 31 as "the Book of Consolation",[4] and Lutheran theologian Ernst Hengstenberg calls these two chapters "the triumphal hymn of Israel’s salvation".[5] For Annesley William Streane, chapters 30-33 form a unit whose "whole tone" speaks of hope, contrasting with earlier passages marked with melanchony and prophecies of punishment.[6]
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 268.
- ^ Thompson 1980, p. 113.
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 275.
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), Heading at Jeremiah 30
- ^ Quoted in Streane, A. W., Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Jeremiah 31, accessed 10 March 2019
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