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).