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CHAPTER IV
_Sequel of the exhortations and promises addressed to Israel in_
_the preceding chapter_, 1, 2.
_The prophet then addresses the people of Judah and Jerusalem,_
_exhorting to repentance...
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RETURN - The repentance of Israel described in Jeremiah 3:21 was a
hope, and not a reality. The return, literally, would be their
restoration to their land; spiritually, their abandoning their sins.
J...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _
2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5)
3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14)
4. The desolation of I
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JEREMIAH 3:19 TO JEREMIAH 4:4. A DIALOGUE OF YAHWEH'S GRACE. This
directly continues Jeremiah 3:5, the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being
emphatically contras
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RETURN. Note the Figure of speech _Cycloides._ App-6.
ISRAEL. Now referring to the northern kingdom.
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
THEN SHALT THOU NOT R...
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Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:4. Conditional offers of restoration
We may subdivide thus.
(1) Jeremiah 3:6-18. The ten tribes as less guilty than Judah are
invited to repent and return. (2)...
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Jeremiah 4:1. If Israel will sincerely repent and mend her ways, her
prosperity will be the ideal for all nations. Let Judah dedicate
herself in heart to Jehovah, otherwise heavy judgement shall be he...
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_If thou wilt return, etc_.] The best rendering is perhaps as follows:
_If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, yea, return unto me_,
continuing (with mg.), _and if thou wilt put … and wilt not...
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IF THOU WILT RETURN—RETURN UNTO ME— _If thou wilt return—thou
shalt return._ [_Thou shalt dwell with me._ Houb.] _If thou wilt
remove thy idols, thou shalt not be removed._ In the former part, says
Ho...
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F. The Rewards of Repentance Jeremiah 4:1-4
TRANSLATION
(1) If you return, O Israel, (oracle of the LORD) unto Me return; and
if you will remove your abominations from before Me, and never waver
(2)...
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If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if
thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou
not remove.
IF THOU WILT RETURN, O ISRAEL, SAITH THE LO...
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THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE
INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF
THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6)
This section furnishes us with the g...
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JEREMIAH'S THIRD PROPHECY. THE FATE OF THE TEN TRIBES A WARNING TO
JUDAH
In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the
figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a marke...
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IV.
(1) IF THOU WILT RETURN. — The “if” implies a return from the
hopes with which Jeremiah 3 ended to the language of misgiving, and
so, inferentially, of earnest exhortation.
ABOMINATIONS. — Liter...
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אִם ־תָּשׁ֨וּב יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל ׀ נְאֻם
־יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י...
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CHAPTER III
ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST
Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 4:1
THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and
the darkness of its close was not relieved by a single ray...
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PLEADING WITH FAITHLESS CHILDREN
Jeremiah 3:11-25; Jeremiah 4:1-2
The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially
addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because their privil...
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Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be
established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined
on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
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If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, (a) return to me: and
if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt
thou not be removed.
(a) That is, wholly and without hypocrisy,...
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_Blocks; idols, (Calmet) and other occasions of sin. (Haydock)_...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter, in the opening, is an address to Israel. The subject
then relates to Judah and Jerusalem. Both are to one and the same
amount; namely, God's gracious call to his people, to ret...
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Is there not here a sweet breaking out, in pointing to Him who is the
Lord our righteousness? For in whom are the nations to be blessed, but
in Jesus; or in whom can they glory? I pray the Reader to c...
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The Prophet no doubt requires here from the people a sincere return to
God, inasmuch as they had often pretended to confess their sins, and
had given many signs of repentance, while they were acting d...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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IF THOU WILT RETURN, O ISRAEL, SAITH THE LORD,.... To which they had
been encouraged, and as they had promised they would, and said they
did, Jeremiah 3:14:
RETURN UNTO ME; with thy whole heart, and...
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If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if
thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou
not remove.
Ver. 1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel._] As t...
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_If thou wilt return, O Israel, return unto me_ Israel having promised
repentance in the latter part of the preceding chapter, they are here
directed what sort of a repentance it must be; that it must...
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A LAST CALL TO RETURN...
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If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto Me, or, "if
thou wilt return unto Me," the repetition serving to emphasize the
anxious, merciful call of the Lord, AND IF THOU WILT PUT AWAY...
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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 4 An invitation to true repentance, by promises,
JEREMIAH 4:1; and judgments coming on them by the Babylonians,
contrary to the predictions of their false prophets, for their sins,
JE...
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Jeremiah 4:1 return H7725 (H8799) Israel H3478 says H5002 (H8803) LORD
H3068 Return H7725 (H8799) away...
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Jeremiah 4:1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return
unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight,
then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the
consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
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Jeremiah 4:3. _Break up your fallow ground._ Hebrews ניר _nir,
novale;_ make _new_ land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12. Our old
phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
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_If thou wilt return,.. .and if thou wilt put away thine abominations.
.. then shalt thou not remove._
THE PLEADINGS OF GOD
A strange ministry is that of Almightiness. It is
almightiness--almost. So...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:1 True repentance includes removing
DETESTABLE THINGS (idols) FROM God’s PRESENCE ...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter,
_Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in
chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced
cities_....
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2
The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render,
_If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto
me_;_ and if thou wilt...
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But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and
if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will
no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
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1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 33:8; 2 Kings 23:13;...
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If — If thou wilt return, return; make no longer delay. Remove —
Thou shalt not go out of thine own land into exile....