Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
thitherward—rather, "hitherward," Jeremiah's prophetical standpoint being at Zion. "Faces hitherward" implies their steadfastness of purpose not to be turned aside by any difficulties on the way.
perpetual covenant—in contrast to the old covenant "which they brake" (Jeremiah 31:31, etc.; Jeremiah 32:40). They shall return to their God first, then to their own land.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 50:5:
Psalms 87:7
Isaiah 2:3
Isaiah 42:6
Isaiah 44:5
Jeremiah 31:9
Ezekiel 16:60
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