Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Ver. 37. If heaven above can be measured.] By man; for God measureth it with his span. Isa 40:12
And the foundations of the earth be searched out.] If any man can dig or dive to the centre.
ALL THE SEED - Unworthy members of Israel may be cast away, but the race shall never entirely cease to exist....
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. The home-going of the nation (Jeremiah 31:1) _ 2. The joy of salvation (Jeremiah 31:10) 3. The preceding tribulation, sorrow and repentance (Jeremiah 31:15) 4. Assur
Israel's national existence shall be as permanent as Yahweh's rule of nature (Jeremiah 31:35 f.); it is as impossible for Israel to be rejected as it is for man to comprehend the created world (Jeremi...
IF HEAVEN ABOVE, &C. Another asseveration as to the literal fulfilment of Israel's restoration....
Many hold these _vv_. to be by a writer of later date than Jeremiah, because (_a_) the vehemence of their national tone exceeds the prophet's ordinary form of expression, (_b_) they present a good man...
See introd. summary to the section....
DISCOURSE: 1075 THE CHURCH’S SECURITY Jeremiah 31:35. Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which dirideth...
IF THOSE ORDINANCES DEPART, &C.— These promises cannot respect the carnal Jews; they certainly regard another people, who were taken into their place, and succeeded to their prerogatives and promises;...
F. A New Commitment Jeremiah 31:35-37 TRANSLATION (35) Thus says the LORD who gave the sun for light by day, and the statutes of moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so its waves r...
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD....
1-22. Jeremiah speaks of the restoration first of Israel (Ephraim, Jeremiah 31:2), then of Judah (Jeremiah 31:23.). Those who survive the sufferings of the captivity are promised a safe journey home....
IF HEAVEN ABOVE CAN BE MEASURED... — The thought of the preceding verse is reproduced with a slight modification of meaning. Over and above the idea, as stated above, that the stability of nature is a...
כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִם ־יִמַּ֤דּוּ שָׁמַ֨יִם֙...
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
CHAPTER XXXIII RESTORATION IV THE NEW COVENANT Jeremiah 31:31: CF. Hebrews 8:1 "I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah."- Jeremiah 31:31 THE religious histo
Continuing, the Prophet dealt with the issues of restoration. He first described the restoration of the city. After affirming the ancient love of Jehovah for His people, he foretold the building of th...
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, (n) and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD...
_Out, experimentally, and not by philosophical hypotheses, which were little known in the days of Jeremias. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "if it be made lower." (Haydock) --- This is impossible; so it is t...
I pray the Reader not to overlook the abundant grace of God, in thus appealing to his covenant concerning his providences, made after the flood, and the confirmation of it in Jeremiah's days, as a tok...
He confirms the same thing by another comparison, even that it would be impossible for God wholly to forget his covenant, but that he would again gather his people. Exile might indeed appear as a perm...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 31 AND 32. But it would not be Judah only, to whom the prophecies of Jeremiah were addressed, that should be restored-all the families of Israel should enjoy...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, IF HEAVEN ABOVE CAN BE MEASURED,.... Either the space between the highest heavens and the earth; or the extent of the heavens, from one end of them to the other, which cannot be d...
_Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for a light by day_ All the acts here mentioned are such as manifest the divine, almighty power of him who is the Lord of all the hosts of the creation. _Which...
THE NEW LIFE AND THE NEW COVENANT...
35-40 As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging sea obeys him, so surely will the Jews be cont...
That is, I will never cast off all the seed of Israel, (which promise the apostle, ROMANS 11:1,2, proveth to have been by God made good, notwithstanding the rejection of the great body of that people,...
Jeremiah 31:37 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 heaven H8064 above H4605 measured H4058 (H8735) foundations H4146 ea
SUB-PART B. THE COMING DAYS WILL INTRODUCE A COMPLETELY NEW TYPE OF COVENANT PROVIDED BY YHWH, ONE THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE HEART AND WILL THUS RESULT IN CHANGED LIVES (JEREMIAH 31:23). This sub-part co...
YHWH FIRMLY GUARANTEES THAT NOT ALL OF THE SEED OF ISRAEL WILL BE CUT OFF (JEREMIAH 31:37). The suggestion that ‘not all the seed of Israel will be cut off' was an indication that some would be. And i...
THE THREEFOLD PREDICTIONS CONCERNING ‘THE DAYS THAT ARE COMING' (JEREMIAH 31:27). We now come to a threefold prediction concerning the coming days, backed up by absolute assurances of their fulfilmen...
Jeremiah 31:29. _In these days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eatet...
CONTENTS: Israel in the last days. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God will again at the end of the age take Israel into new covenant relation with Himself, from which they have for hundreds of years b...
Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time,_ namely, as the last words of the preseding chapter, in the latter day. Here the subject is glorious, and the language sublime. Jeremiah 31:3. _I have loved thee with...
_I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah._ THE NEW COVENANT The old and new covenants are placed in opposition to each other. The latter is represented as be...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:1 This chapter includes the most famous passage in Jeremiah 1:1, the promise of a new covenant (vv....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Vide_ on chap. 30. These two Chapter s form an unbroken prophecy, “a triumphal hymn of Israel’s salvation.” The former chapter pledges the recovery from captivity of bo...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 31:1 The promise of Jeremiah 30:22 is expressly declared to apply to both sections of the nation. Jehovah thus solemnly declares his purpose of mercy, and dwells with special Mad...
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Jeremiah 31:1-40. Now there are those who say that God has cast off Israel as a nation forever, and that all of the blessings, all of the covenants and all of...
Isaiah 40:12; Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 33:22; Jeremiah 33:24;...
I will cast off — That is, I will never cast off all the seed of Israel....