After three generations, the rebellious and wicked, who originally had been carried to Babylon, would be dead, and a new group of individuals would be tested to see whom they really wanted to follow--God or man. God would again call His people out of their corrupted religious nation, into a wilderness experience where His grace was only to be found (31:1-2).
Baada ya vizazi vitatu, wakaidi na waovu, ambao awali walikuwa wamechukuliwa Babeli, wangekuwa wamekufa, na kundi jingine la watu wangejaribiwa kuona ni yule kwa yakini walitaka kumfuata – Mungu au mwanadamu. Mungu angewaita tena watu wake kutoka katika taifa lao la kidini lililopotoka, kwenda katika maisha ya jangwani ambapo tu neema yake ingepatikana (31:1-2).