JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:1 This chapter includes the most famous passage in Jeremiah 1:1, the promise of a new covenant (vv. Jeremiah 31:31). Leading up to that passage, God promises Israel that they will be his people (vv. Jeremiah 31:1), he will have mercy on weary Israel (vv. Jeremiah 31:15),... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:2 Israel’s exile experience mirrors the exodus era. In both, those who escaped death FOUND GRACE and REST in the desert. After exile, ISRAEL will again follow God (Jeremiah 2:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, i... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:4 VIRGIN ISRAEL. The northern kingdom (vv. Jeremiah 31:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:9 God will provide for all their needs as the exiles return. FATHER TO ISRAEL. See Exodus 4:22; Hosea 11:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:10 God, Israel’s great SHEPHERD (Isaiah 40:11), will GATHER and KEEP (guard) his sheep. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:13 When God restores Israel’s lives he will also restore their JOY. God will COMFORT THEM. See Isaiah 40:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:15 RAMAH. Five miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem and on the route to exile (Jeremiah 40:1). RACHEL. Jacob’s second and favorite wife (Genesis 29:30). Joseph was her son and the father of Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 30:22; Genesis 41:50). Rachel was buried near Bethlehem... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:16 God promises that Rachel’s CHILDREN will return from exile. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:18 EPHRAIM recognizes God’s discipline (see Leviticus 26:14; Deuteronomy 30:1) and pleads for restoration (Lamentations 5:21). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElem [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:21 Israel should mark the way they WENT out (to exile), for they will RETURN on the same road. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:22 HOW LONG WILL YOU WAVER, that is, how long will you wait to fulfill the prophecy of v. Jeremiah 31:6? FAITHLESS DAUGHTER. What Ephraim has been in the past. A NEW THING. A new beginning (Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 48:7). ⇐ ⇔ [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:23 Jeremiah addresses JUDAH, who will soon join ISRAEL in exile. God will RESTORE Judah and its rejoicing, just as he will Israel’s (vv. Jeremiah 31:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:28 At that time God will be as determined to PLANT and BUILD as he was to tear down and DESTROY (see Jeremiah 1:10). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:29 SOUR GRAPES... TEETH ARE SET ON EDGE. This proverb was apparently common (see Lamentations 5:7; Ezekiel 18:2). The negation of the proverb (THEY SHALL NO LONGER SAY) means that no one will suffer for the sins of others, because national rebellion against God will ceas... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:31 God’s people have a long-standing problem. Most are circumcised in body but so few are circumcised in heart (that is, truly KNOW THE LORD). God will remedy this problem. The benefits that God will provide—knowledge of the Lord and forgiveness—were all offered in the O... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:32 This new COVENANT will be different in that it will not be broken, as Israel and Judah BROKE the first one despite God’s faithfulness as a good HUSBAND. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:33 Rather than writing the LAW on tablets and scrolls (see Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 31:9) and asking the people to internalize it (Deuteronomy 6:4), God will WRITE IT ON THEIR HEARTS from the start. He will be the God of this new covenant, just as he was for the old cove... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:35 God gives a FIXED ORDER to the natural creation. It is just as impossible for the new covenant (vv. Jeremiah 31:31) to CEASE as it is for the natural order to cease. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:38 Jerusalem will soon be destroyed, yet God will eventually rebuild it. When it is totally sacred to the Lord (Zechariah 14:20), it will NOT BE PLUCKED UP OR OVERTHROWN ANYMORE FOREVER. At that time Jerusalem will be Zion, the new Jerusalem, the city where God lives wit... [ Continue Reading ]