Jeremiah 3:16

The Ark, which had been the seat of the special manifestation of Jehovah, shall be forgotten, because the whole city shall be filled with His presence.

And it shall … in the land Probably a later insertion in the passage, connecting with the "one" and "two" of Jeremiah 3:14, and implying that when they came to be numerous, they would no longer need the Ark as symbol, while till then it would be essential. In accordance with this view are the words "be multiplied and increased," as being an expression characteristic of the exilicdocument (P), which forms one of the component parts of the Pentateuch. Cp. the same two verbs (identical in the Hebrew) in Jeremiah 23:3, and so in Ezekiel 36:2.

in those days a phrase denoting the ideal future. Cp. Jeremiah 5:18; Jeremiah 33:16.

visit rather (with mg.) miss, feel the want of.

neither shallthat be done any more rather (with mg.) neither shall it (the Ark) be made any more; no visible symbol shall be needed.