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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 31:40

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 Revelation 21:27.

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See also Jeremiah 31:40 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 31:40. _THE WHOLE VALLEY OF THE DEAD BODIES_] The valley of the son of _Hinnom_. _AND ALL THE FIELDS UNTO THE BROOK OF KIDRON, UNTO THE CORNER OF_ _THE HORSE-GATE TOWARD THE EAST_] Al...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FIELDS. Hebrew text reads "dry places", but the margin, with some codices and seven early printed editions, Authorized Version and Revised Version, read "fields". HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:6. FOR E...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to the section....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    These _vv_. may safely be assumed to belong to post-exilic days, when topographical questions connected with the extent of the city assumed importance. Cp. Zechariah 14. For the position of places her...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _valley of the dead bodies_ the valley of Hinnom, into which carcases of criminals and of animals were cast. It was also defiled as the scene of human sacrifices offered to Molech (Jeremiah 7:31; Jere...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME, &C.— The prophet here describes the limits of that new Jerusalem which the Jews were to build upon their restoration. This must certainly refer to some future restoration; for t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    G. The New City Jeremiah 31:38-40 TRANSLATION (38) Behold, days are coming (oracle of the LORD) when the city of the LORD shall be built from the tower of Hananeel unto the Corner Gate. (39) And the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE WHOLE VALLEY OF THE DEAD BODIES... — We have to think of this city as Jeremiah saw it during the horrors of the siege — the lower part, the “plain” or “valley” of the city, the valley of Hinnom (c...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ כָל ־הָ עֵ֣מֶק הַ פְּגָרִ֣ים ׀ וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Valley of Hinnom, or Topheth, (chap. vii. 32., and xix. 6.) where Cedron flowed, Zacharias xiv. 4. (Calmet) --- The city was much enlarged on this side, under the Machabees. (Josephus, Jewish Wars vi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS PONDER well my soul, from the perusal of this most blessed Chapter that sacred source of all thy happiness, the everlasting love of God. See to it, that from thence it is, that Jesus Medi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If we accept this promise as in the smallest degree referring to the building of the second temple and the city, after the people's return from Babylon, we must still look further to gospel days, to o...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He then adds, _And the whole valley _Some read, “the whole valley shall be holiness to Jehovah:” and it may be suitably taken, that all the places near to the city were to be holy to God; but this ver...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE WHOLE VALLEY OF THE DEAD BODIES, AND OF THE ASHES,.... The Targum paraphrases it, "where the carcasses of the Assyrian army fell;'' Sennacherib's army, destroyed by an angel; and so Jarchi a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, [shall be] holy unto the LORD; it shall not b...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, the days come, that the city shall be built to the Lord_ Or, _for the Lord_, namely, for his use and service. Blaney renders it, _Under the direction_ of the Lord, _from the tower of Hananeel...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE NEW LIFE AND THE NEW COVENANT...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE WHOLE VALLEY OF THE DEAD BODIES; a valley so called (as some think) from the multitude of Sennacherib's army slain there; or, (as others think,) from the bodies of malefactors put to death at Golg...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 31:40 valley H6010 bodies H6297 ashes H1880 fields H7709 (H8675) H8309 Brook H5158 Kidron H6939 corner

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    IN COMING DAYS YHWH WILL RE-ESTABLISH THE WHOLE OF JERUSALEM AS HOLY TO HIM (JEREMIAH 31:38). The first thing that was to happen ‘in coming days' was the restoration of YHWH's people in the land, wher...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:1 This chapter includes the most famous passage in Jeremiah 1:1, the promise of a new covenant (vv....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 23:15; 2 Kings 11:16; 2 Kings 23:12; 2 Kings 23:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The valley — A valley, so called from the multitude of Sennacherib's army slain there. Of the ashes — So called from the ashes of the sacrifices carried thither. Holy — All these places shall be parts...

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