Jeremiah 41:16Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:
The setting
Mizpah, Israel (modern-day Tell en-Nasbeh, 12km north of Jerusalem), 586 BC. Johanan gathers traumatized survivors after a political assassination that shattered their fragile hope of rebuilding...
The emotion here: heavy responsibility mixed with protective determination
The original word
sha'ar (שְׁאָר) — remnant, what's left after destruction, precious survivors
Why it matters
Mizpah became the temporary capital of Judah after Jerusalem's destruction
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 41:16
These weren't random refugees — they were the last hope for Jewish survival in their homeland
Common misconceptionThis sounds like military strategy, but Johanan was actually gathering traumatized civilians — widows, orphans, farmers — who had just watched their leader murdered at a dinner party.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 41:16 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 41:16 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include recovery, remnant. Notable phrases: all the remnant.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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