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Verse Jeremiah 31:39. _UPON THE HILL GAREB_] _Gareb_ and _Goath_ are
out of the limits of this city. The latter is supposed to be
_Golgotha_; that is, the _heap of Gotha_, which, being the place wher...
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OVER ... GAREB - Or, straight along the hill Gareb. Probably the hill
of lepers, outside the old walls, toward the southwest.
GOATH - Goah. Unknown....
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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
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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...
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UPON. over.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), reads
"as far as", with some codices, Aramaean, and Septuagint
GAREB... GOATH. Not named elsewhere....
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See introd. summary to the section....
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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...
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This _v_., continuing the description from the N. W. corner, takes the
W. side of Jerusalem and promises an extension in that direction also
towards the valley of Hinnom southwards.
_Gareb_ Nothing f...
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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...
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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...
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And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the
hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
THE MEASURING LINE - (Ezekiel 40:8; Zechariah 2:1).
GAREB - from a Hebrew root [ga...
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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....
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THE HILL GAREB... — Neither of the two localities named is mentioned
elsewhere, and their position is accordingly simply matter for
conjecture. The name of the first, as signifying “the leper’s
hill”...
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וְ יָצָ֨א עֹ֜וד _קָ֤ו_† הַ מִּדָּה֙
נֶגְדֹּ֔ו...
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CHAPTER XXXI
RESTORATION II
THE NEW ISRAEL
Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
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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...
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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...
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He afterwards adds, _Yet go forth shall the line of measure before him
_Some apply this to the gate, because from the gate the line was to be
extended to _the hill Gareb, and go round to Goath _Of the...
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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...
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AND THE MEASURING LINE SHALL YET GO FORTH OVER AGAINST IT,.... Or,
"before it" p; the gate proceeding right on from it; of the length of
the measuring line, or reed; see Ezekiel 40:5; though some rend...
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And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the
hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
Ver. 39. _Upon the hill Gareb._] _Versus collem scabiosi,_ toward the
hill of the scab...
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_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...
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THE NEW LIFE AND THE NEW COVENANT...
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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...
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That is, it shall be built round about upon its old foundations: see
NE 3. We are ignorant of the ancient situation of the city, so are the
Jews themselves, therefore it is vain to pretend to an exact...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:1 This chapter includes the most famous
passage in Jeremiah 1:1, the promise of a new covenant (vv....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ezekiel 40:8; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 2:2...
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The line — That is, it shall be built round about upon its old
foundations....