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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 31:18

Verse Jeremiah 31:18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself] The exiled Israelites are in a state of deep repentance.

Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised] I was at first like an unbroken and untoward steer, the more I was chastised the more I rebelled; but now I have benefited by thy correction.

Turn thou me] I am now willing to take thy yoke upon me, but I have no power. I can only will and pray. Take the matter into thy own hand, and fully convert my soul.

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See also Jeremiah 31:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 becaus...

  • 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

    Jeremiah hears Rachel (the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, Genesis 30:24; Genesis 35:16 ff.) weeping at (her grave near) Ramah, for her children, the northern exiles. He bids her refrain, in the certai...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I HAVE SURELY HEARD, &C. Figure of speech _Prolepsis._ HAST CHASTISED. didst chastise. WAS CHASTISED. I have been chastised. TURN THOU ME. cause Thou me to return....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to the section. These striking _vv_. may be confidently considered as stamped with Jeremiah's personality....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Lord declares that He has heard Ephraim confessing that his punishment was the just consequence of his sin, and praying for acceptance. _as a calf unaccustomed_to the yoke] that has not been tame...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1072 THE REFLECTIONS OF A PENITENT Jeremiah 31:18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: tu...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. _The despondent_ (Jeremiah 31:18-20) TRANSLATION (18) I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning him self, You have chastened me and I was chastened, like a calf that would not be taught; restore me th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my G...

  • 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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    EPHRAIM] i.e. the northern kingdom, which for over 100 years had been devastated by the Assyrians, and its people exiled....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    1 HAVE SURELY HEARD EPHRAIM BEMOANING HIMSELF. — The prophet’s thoughts still dwell upon the exiles of the northern kingdom. They have been longer under the sharp discipline of suffering. By this time...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שָׁמֹ֣ועַ שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ מִתְנֹודֵ֔ד יִסַּרְתַּ֨נִי֙ וָֽ...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I have surely heard (u) Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a (x) bull unaccustomed [to the yoke]: (y) turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art]...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _I was. Chaldean, Theodoret, and St. Chrysostom have "not." But chastisement produced a salutary effect upon the ten tribes, Osee vi. 1., and xiv. 3. --- Convert. Bring me back from captivity and from...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Perhaps there is not a more beautiful and interesting representation in the whole compass of the Old Testament scripture, than what is here drawn, of the melting heart of a sinner by grace; and of the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet here speaks more distinctly of a blessed issue, and shews that the punishment by which God had already chastised the people, and by which he was prepared to chastise the tribe of Judah, wa...

  • 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

    I HAVE SURELY HEARD EPHRAIM BEMOANING HIMSELF [THUS],.... Not Ephraim in person; though, as he was a very affectionate and tenderhearted man, as appears from 1 Chronicles 7:22; he is with like proprie...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD...

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

    _I have surely heard Ephraim_, &c. Here, still further to diversify the subject, and give it the greater force, the other personage referred to in the preceding note is introduced. Ephraim, representi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, so the Lord now declares: THOU HAST CHASTISED ME, AND I WAS CHASTISED, being obliged to accept the Lord's punishment, AS A BULLOCK UNACCUSTOMED TO T...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    SORROW TURNED INTO JOY...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-20 Ephraim (the ten tribes) is weeping for sin. He is angry at himself for his sin, and folly, and frowardness. He finds he cannot, by his own power, keep himself close with God, much less bring h...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The prophet in this verse showeth the change that should be wrought in the hearts of the Israelites preceding this turn out of their captivity. God had made an ancient promise to this people in their...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 31:18 surely H8085 (H8800) heard H8085 (H8804) Ephraim H669 bemoaning H5110 (H8711) chastised H3256 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    RACHEL'S WEEPING WILL, HOWEVER, BE REWARDED, FOR HER CHILDREN WILL BE RETURNED TO HER, AND THEY WILL COME TO YHWH IN REPENTANCE AND BE RECEIVED BY HIM AS A BELOVED SON (JEREMIAH 31:16). The call now c...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:18 Compunctious visitings and repentant resolutions. I. I will not enter now into what we may call the more exceptional regrets and remorses of sinful souls. Our Lord touches a different...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time, faith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people._ How divinely he talks, as only God can talk These people had rejected...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people._ During the Israelites' banishment to Babylon, God's covenant with them...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:1. At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 31:18. _I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus;_ It is God who is here speaking. There is never a moan, or a sob, or a cry,or a sigh, but God hears it. The Lord is very quick of...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself._ REPENTANT EPHRAIM The real turning-point in man’s spiritual history is when he begins to accuse himself and to justify God. From self-accusation the s...

  • 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 31:18 EPHRAIM recognizes God’s discipline (see Leviticus 26:14;...

  • 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

    Acts 3:26; Hebrews 12:5; Hosea 10:11; Hosea 11:8; Hosea 11:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I have heard — The prophet here shews the change that would be wrought in the hearts of the Israelites preceding this return from their captivity. As a bullock — Which ordinarily are very unruly when...

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