Then I will let you dwell in this place: See the comment at verse 3. Here in this place clearly refers to the land. But since in the land that I gave itself follows this expression, translators can say “in this land which I gave” or “here, in this land which I gave.”

Of old … for ever is given the meaning “as a permanent possession” by Good News Translation and Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch. The expression means essentially that God gave the land long ago to the people of Israel to be theirs forever. Yet now he says they must reform their behavior to keep it! Translators can say something like “[If you do these things] I will let you stay in this land which I gave to your ancestors long ago to be yours forever.” For fathers as “ancestors” (Good News Translation), see 2.5.

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 .