buttercup
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Maybe they're both correct.
Jeremiah 30:3
For behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the LORD, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”
There are different interpretations of that verse, but I'm pretty sure it's not about modern-day Israel. Because that would go directly against other scriptures, including Matthew 23:37-39.
A little later in that chapter, it talks about "The time of Jacob's trouble" and I think the standard Christian view on that is that it's about the tribulation / very last days.
So getting back to verse 3, I think it a prophetic scripture about the true "promised land" which will happen when Jesus returns, to rule forevermore. (New Jerusalem)