Yet amid the general ruin into which the nation was rapidly passing, Jeremiah was often permitted to look beyond the distressing scenes of the present to the glorious prospects of the future, when God's people should be ransomed from the land of the enemy and planted again in Zion. He foresaw the time when the Lord would renew His covenant relationship with them. "Their soul shall be as a watered 409 garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all." Jeremiah 31:12.

Men midt i den ulykke, som landet styrtede sig hovedkulds ud i, fik Jeremias ofte lov at se fremad til den herlige tid, hvor nøden var forbi og Guds folk ville blive udfriet fra fjendens land og atter ført tilbage til Zion. Han så frem til den dag, da Gud ville forny sin pagt med dem. "Deres sjæl er som en vandrig have, de skal aldrig vansmægte mer" Jer. 31,12.