Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 3:25
Lie down — An expression to set forth the greatness of their repentance and sorrow in great perplexity, not knowing what to do, throws himself down upon his couch or bed.
Lie down — An expression to set forth the greatness of their repentance and sorrow in great perplexity, not knowing what to do, throws himself down upon his couch or bed.
WE LIE DOWN ... - Or, We will lie down: we are ready to throw ourselves upon the ground in bitter humiliation. COVERETH - literally, shall cover us. We will hide our face from others....
THE CALL TO REPENTANCE AND JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED (3:6-6:30) CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The contrast between backslidden Israel and treacherous Judah (Jeremiah 3:6) _ 2. The call to return and the promised glory ...
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
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)...
Jeremiah 3:19 to Jeremiah 4:4. The invitation includes the whole nation, on a like condition This section should follow immediately on Jeremiah 3:5. See introd. note on...
Vividly drawn picture of Judah's repentance. From the high places, the very scenes of her idolatrous excess, there comes a sound, at first of inarticulate weeping. In response to Jehovah's gracious in...
_Let us lie down_ Cp. for such a custom as indicative of very painful feelings 2 Samuel 12:16; 2 Samuel 13:31; 1 Kings 21:4. _cover_ Cp....
WE LIE DOWN IN OUR SHAME— "God has justly abandoned us to our confusion: he has permitted, that the worship of those idols which we have adored, should serve only to throw us into a condition deplorab...
E. The Prayer of Repentance Jeremiah 3:22-25 TRANSLATION (22b) Here we are, we have come to you because you are the LORD our God. (23) Truly the hills are a swindle, the tumult of the mountains; Trul...
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD...
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...
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...
WE LIE DOWN. — Better, _We will lie down — Our confusion shall cover us._ The words are those of penitents accepting their punishment: “We chose the shameful thing, therefore let us bear our shame.”...
נִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה בְּ בָשְׁתֵּ֗נוּ וּֽ תְכַסֵּנוּ֮ כְּלִמָּתֵנוּ֒...
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 o...
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...
Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: (z) for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD...
_Shame. We are justly punished with exile, (Calmet) and death. (Menochius)_...
The Lord still causeth his grace to triumph over the unworthiness of his Israel, until at length, the heart is subdued and overcome. What a sweet and blessed conclusion is made to the subject, and to...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Lord Jesus! how can I read in this Chapter the unfaithfulness of Israel, in departing from thee, who hast been the kind and loving husband of thy Church forever; without calling to...
As the Israelites say here nothing new, but continue the same subject, I propose only to touch briefly on the words, lest I should be too tedious. They say then that they were _lying _in their miserie...
Chapter 3 has the same character; indeed it is the continuation of the same address; but it contains details of Israel's and Judah's behaviour, and proclaims the restoration of Israel by sovereign goo...
WE LIE DOWN IN OUR SHAME, AND OUR CONFUSION COVERETH US,.... As persons overwhelmed with a sense of sin, and so pressed with the guilt of it on their consciences, that they can neither stand up, nor l...
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD o...
_For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers_ That is, _the fruit_ of their labour, יגיע, which properly signifies _labour_ and _toil_, being here put by a metonymy for _the substance_ acquired...
We lie down in our shame, as the penitent seats himself in dust and in ashes, AND OUR CONFUSION COVERETH US; FOR WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD, OUR GOD, WE AND OUR FATHERS, FROM OUR YOUTH EVEN UNTO...
THE CALL TO RETURN...
21-25 Sin is turning aside to crooked ways. And forgetting the Lord our God is at the bottom of all sin. By sin we bring ourselves into trouble. The promise to those that return is, God will heal the...
WE LIE DOWN IN OUR SHAME; we are perplexed and confounded within ourselves; we are such a reproach, both to God and man, that we cannot but lift up our hands for shame, even we, that had once a whore'...
Jeremiah 3:25 down H7901 (H8799) shame H1322 reproach H3639 covers H3680 (H8762) sinned H2398 (H8804) LORD...
Jeremiah 3:12. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LO...
Let us read part of the 3 rd chapter of Jeremiah where God brings a solemn accusation against the two nations of Israel and Judah because they forsook the living God, and went after idols neglected hi...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message concerning the impenitence of Judah. Encouragement to backsliders to return and repent. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those will justly be divorced from God tha...
Jeremiah 3:3. _Therefore the showers,_ of the former and the latter rain, _have been withheld._ Other prophets make the same remark. God is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts to...
_Return. .. and I will heal your backslidings._ HOPE FOR THE WORST BACKSLIDERS I. The call from God. “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.” 1. It is a call to come ba...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 3:25 The Israelites complete their confession by admitting that they deserve only SHAME and DISHONOR (Psalms 51:4
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_1. Chronology._ Exact date of chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5, although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the chapter...
EXPOSITION That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1. ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be proved by Jeremiah 3:6, and the years immediately f...
They say (Jeremiah 3:1), That is, in quoting the law and in speaking of the law, Deuteronomy. If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man's wife, shall he return unto...
Daniel 12:2; Daniel 9:10; Daniel 9:6; Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuter