Jeremiah 50:20 In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel's guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah's sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

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New International Version
In those days, at that time,” declares the LORD, “search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare.

New Living Translation
In those days,” says the LORD, “no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah, for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

English Standard Version
In those days and in that time, declares the LORD, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

Berean Standard Bible
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

King James Bible
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

New King James Version
In those days and in that time,” says the LORD, “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.

New American Standard Bible
In those days and at that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the wrongdoing of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will forgive those whom I leave as a remnant.’

NASB 1995
‘In those days and at that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

NASB 1977
‘In those days and at that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I shall pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

Legacy Standard Bible
In those days and at that time,’ declares Yahweh, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

Amplified Bible
In those days and at that time,’ says the LORD, ‘a search will be made for the wickedness of Israel, but there will be none and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

Christian Standard Bible
In those days and at that time — this is the LORD’s declaration — one will search for Israel’s iniquity, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In those days and at that time— this is the LORD’s declaration— one will search for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.

American Standard Version
In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

Contemporary English Version
I will rescue a few people from Israel and Judah. I will forgive them so completely that their sin and guilt will disappear, never to be found.

English Revised Version
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In those days and at that time," declares the LORD, "people will look for Israel's crimes, but they will find none. They will look for Judah's sins, but none will be found. I will forgive the faithful few whom I have spared.

Good News Translation
When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken."

International Standard Version
In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'the iniquity of Israel will be searched for, but there will be none; and the sin of Judah, but none will be found, because I'll pardon those I leave as a remnant.'"

Majority Standard Bible
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

NET Bible
When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the LORD, affirm it!'"

New Heart English Bible
In those days, and in that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant."'"

Webster's Bible Translation
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

World English Bible
In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
In those days, and at that time,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “The iniquity of Israel is sought, and it is not, "" And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, "" For I am propitious to those whom I leave!

Young's Literal Translation
In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!

Smith's Literal Translation
In those days and in that time, says Jehovah, he will seek the iniquity of Israel, and not any; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I shall forgive to whom I shall leave.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none: and the sin of Juda, and there shall none be found: for I will be merciful to them, whom I shall leave.

Catholic Public Domain Version
In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and there will be none. And the sin of Judah will be sought, and none will be found. For I will be forgiving to them, whom I will leave behind.

New American Bible
In those days, at that time—oracle of the LORD: The guilt of Israel may be sought, but it no longer exists, the sin of Judah, but it can no longer be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

New Revised Standard Version
In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and none shall be found; for I will pardon the remnant that I have spared.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
In those days and in that time, says the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon those whom I reserve as a remnant.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
In those days and at that season, says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, the evil of Israel will be looked into and it is not, and the sin of Judea, and it shall not be found, because I shall forgive the rest of them who were left

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, The iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none, And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In those days, and at that time, they shall seek for the iniquity of Israel, and there shall be none; and for the sins of Juda, and they shall not be found: for I will be merciful to them that are left

Audio Bible

Context

Redemption for God's People
…19I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. 20In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Hebrews 8:12
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Romans 11:27
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

Ezekiel 36:25-26
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Colossians 2:13-14
When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, / having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Isaiah 33:24
And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

Hebrews 10:17
Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

Treasury of Scripture

In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

In those

Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 33:15
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

the iniquity

Jeremiah 31:34
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Numbers 23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

Isaiah 11:1,2
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: …

and there

Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Romans 5:16
And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

2 Peter 3:15
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

I will pardon

Jeremiah 44:14
So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

Isaiah 1:9
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Micah 7:19
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

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Jeremiah 50

1. The judgment of Babylon and the redemption of Israel

Berean Study Bible

In those days and at that time
This phrase is a prophetic marker often used in the Old Testament to denote a future period of divine intervention and fulfillment of God's promises. The Hebrew words "בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וּבָעֵת הַהִיא" (bayamim hahem uva'et hahi) suggest a specific, divinely appointed time. This indicates a period of restoration and redemption, aligning with eschatological themes where God intervenes in history to bring about His purposes. It is a reminder of God's sovereignty over time and history, assuring believers that He has a plan for His people.

declares the LORD
This phrase underscores the authority and certainty of the message. The Hebrew "נְאֻם־יְהוָה" (ne'um-YHWH) is a prophetic formula that authenticates the message as coming directly from God. It emphasizes that the promise of forgiveness and restoration is not a human hope but a divine decree. This assurance is foundational for faith, as it is rooted in the unchanging character of God.

a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none
The imagery of a search implies thoroughness and intent. The Hebrew word "עָוֹן" (avon) for "guilt" refers to iniquity or moral perversity. The promise that none will be found signifies complete forgiveness and cleansing. This is a profound statement of grace, highlighting the transformative power of God's forgiveness. It points to a future where the sins of God's people are not only forgiven but completely erased, reflecting the New Covenant promise of a cleansed conscience.

and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found
The parallelism with Israel's guilt emphasizes the comprehensive nature of God's forgiveness. The Hebrew "חַטָּאָה" (chatta'ah) for "sins" refers to offenses or transgressions. The promise that these will not be found speaks to the depth of God's mercy and the totality of His redemptive work. It is a foreshadowing of the ultimate atonement through Christ, where sins are not merely covered but removed.

for I will forgive the remnant I spare
The word "forgive" in Hebrew is "סָלַח" (salach), which conveys the idea of pardon and absolution. The "remnant" refers to the faithful few who survive judgment, a recurring theme in prophetic literature. This remnant is not spared by their own merit but by God's grace. The phrase underscores the hope and assurance of divine mercy, emphasizing that God's forgiveness is both a gift and a promise to those who remain faithful. It is a call to trust in God's redemptive plan and His ability to restore and renew His people.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(20) In those days, and in that time . . .--The formula is that which in prophetic language points to the far-off times of the Christ. Their restoration to their earthly homes was but a small thing. That which was to the prophet the great blessing of the future was that it would bring with it the New Covenant of Jeremiah 31:31, pardon and peace, iniquity and sin remembered no more.

I will pardon them whom I reserve.--The latter verb contains the root of the "remnant" which is so prominent in Isaiah (Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 7:3), and expresses the same thought. "The remnant," the reserved ones, shall be pardoned.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 20. - In those days, etc. An evangelical promise, reminding us of Jeremiah 31:34 and Jeremiah 33:8, and of the combination of spiritual with temporal blessings in the latter part of Isaiah.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

In those
הָהֵם֩ (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

days
בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

and at that
הַהִ֜יא (ha·hî)
Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

time,
וּבָעֵ֨ת (ū·ḇā·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD,
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

a search will transpire
יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ (yə·ḇuq·qaš)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

for Israel’s
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

guilt,
עֲוֺ֤ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

but there will be none,
וְאֵינֶ֔נּוּ (wə·’ê·nen·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

and for Judah’s
יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

sins,
חַטֹּ֥את (ḥaṭ·ṭōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

but they will not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be found;
תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה (ṯim·mā·ṣe·nāh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I will forgive
אֶסְלַ֖ח (’es·laḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5545: To forgive, pardon

the remnant I spare.”
אַשְׁאִֽיר׃ (’aš·’îr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

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