For Shephelah and Negeb, see 17.26.

Flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who counts them is a promise that pastoral life will return to normal; Good News Translation renders “shepherds will once again count their sheep.”

Says the LORD: See 1.8.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .