15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country.
15 And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land.
15 Once I've pulled the bad neighbors out, I will relent and take them tenderly to my heart and put them back where they belong, put each of them back in their home country, on their family farms.
15 Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.
15 But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 12:15
Commentary on Jeremiah 12:14-17
(Read Jeremiah 12:14-17)
The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward to the times when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. Those who would have their lot with God's people, and a last end like theirs, must learn their ways, and walk in them.