Who Are Jeremiah's Prophesied Hunters, #2
This treatise is on the subject of the “hunters” as found at Jeremiah 16:14-16, especially v. 16:
“14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that it shall no more be said, Yahweh liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 But, Yahweh liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Yahweh, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.”
Also essential to comprehend is the significance of, “... I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers ...” is not the old land of Palestine, but a different land promised at 2 Sam. 7:10:
“Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime ....” So, what is there about “... I will appoint a [new] place ...” and they will “... move no more ...” that we don’t seem to understand? I would also state again the fact to the reader that Jeremiah’s “hunters” carries just as much weight as his “fishers” (i.e., Christ’s chosen disciples)! I will repeat again that the “hunters” are the archaeologists, and they were/are hunting for the same people the fishers were fishing for (i.e., all the lost tribes of Israel)!