Jeremiah 31:1
AT THE SAME TIME - literally, At that time, i. e., “the latter day.” mentioned in Jeremiah 30:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THE SAME TIME - literally, At that time, i. e., “the latter day.” mentioned in Jeremiah 30:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE WHICH WERE LEFT OF THE SWORD - A promise of the restoration of the ten tribes to their land. THE WILDERNESS - Either the desert which lay between Assyria and Palestine; or more probably an allusion to the wilderness of Mount Sinai. FOUND GRACE ... REST - Rather, “shall certainly find gr... [ Continue Reading ]
OF OLD - From afar (margin). See Jeremiah 30:10. To the Jew God was enthroned in Zion, and thus when His mercy was shown unto the exiles in Assyria it came from a distant region 2Ch 6:20, 2 Chronicles 6:38. WITH LOVINGKINDNESS ... - Rather, I have continued lovingkindness unto thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
O VIRGIN OF ISRAEL - i. e., the whole people (compare Jeremiah 14:17 note).... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL EAT THEM AS COMMON THINGS - Rather, shall eat the fruit. Literally, as in the margin. For three years the fruit of a newly-planted tree was not to be touched, that of the fourth year was consecrated to God, but on the fifth year it was profane, i. e., unconsecrated, and so might be applied to... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse anticipates a time when the schism caused by Jeroboam is over. Ephraimite watchmen equally with the tribe of Judah watch for the new moon that they may go up to Jerusalem to keep the appointed Feasts.... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG - Or, because of. Israel is the chief or, first of the nations Deuteronomy 26:19, and Yahweh summons mankind to rejoice, because the remnant of Israel is about to be restored to its old position.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COASTS OF THE EARTH - See Jeremiah 6:22 note. THITHER - Really, here. Not to the north country, but to Palestine, where Jeremiah wrote. A company is the word constantly used of Israel at the Exodus Exodus 16:3 as an organized community.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEEPING - For joy, not for sorrow. SUPPLICATIONS - The conviction that God is guiding them, encourages them to pray. EPHRAIM IS MY FIRSTBORN - The house of Joseph is thus to be restored to its old preeminence.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ISLES - The coast land of the Mediterranean, used here to show that the most distant countries are to hear and marvel at Israel’s wonderful restoration.... [ Continue Reading ]
Omit together. The ten tribes are to flow like a river down from Zion’s height to their own land, there to reap the rich produce of their tillage. In Jerusalem they would be occupied with religious duties, but after these are rendered to God, they are to disperse each to his own fields. SORROW - Ra... [ Continue Reading ]
Both gives the idea of the men dancing, which is incorrect. Except at a religious solemnity 2 Samuel 6:14, dancing was confined to women. Render and young men and old rejoice together.... [ Continue Reading ]
The religious character of the restoration of the ten tribes. Chastisement brought repentance, and with it forgiveness; therefore God decrees their restoration. Jeremiah 31:15 Ramah, mentioned because of its nearness to Jerusalem, from which it was distant about five miles. As the mother of three... [ Continue Reading ]
AS YET - Or, Again, once move. The prophet now turns to Judah. By the mountain of holiness is meant not the temple only, but all Jerusalem, of which the temple was the most sacred spot, and that by which all the rest was made holy.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO FORTH - “Go about.” Judah shall have its settled population and fixed abodes; and shepherds shall move about with their flocks, wherever pasture is to be found.... [ Continue Reading ]
SORROWFUL - Or, languishing Jeremiah 31:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet, seeming to himself to awake and look up in the midst of his sleep (whether ecstatic or not we cannot tell), rejoiced in a revelation so entirely consolatory, and unlike his usual message of woe.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have themselves committed, and that God’s covenant depends not upon external sanctions, but upon a renewed heart.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIVIDETH ... - Rather, stirreth up the sea so that its waves roar.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THOSE - If these. From the uniformity of God’s operations in the material world, the prophet deduces the certainty of a similar uniformity in God’s dealings with man in things spiritual. A NATION - A people. Israel has long ceased to be a nation, but it still exists as a numerous, influential, a... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SEED - Unworthy members of Israel may be cast away, but the race shall never entirely cease to exist.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE LORD - Or, for Yahweh: for His dwelling in the hearts of a people prepared to be His temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER ... GAREB - Or, straight along the hill Gareb. Probably the hill of lepers, outside the old walls, toward the southwest. GOATH - Goah. Unknown.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WHOLE VALLEY OF THE DEAD BODIES - Probably some part of the Valley of Ben-Hinnom. Comparing Zechariah 2:4, the conclusion seems evident that Jeremiah’s words are to be spiritually understood. His city is one that renders holy unto Yahweh what was before unclean. Compare John’s new Jerusalem Reve... [ Continue Reading ]