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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...
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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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At the restoration of Judah there shall be joyous acclamation of the
city and the Temple (Zechariah 8:3); agricultural and pastoral life
shall be resumed in peace; the thirsty and the hungry (_cf._ Je...
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See introd. summary to the section. The passage resembles 12 14, and
is probably later than Jeremiah's time....
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Words put in the mouth of the prophet himself, as they are not
suitable either to God or to the exiles. The ecstatic state is here
called "sleep," and as the prophecy had been of so unusually cheering...
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UPON THIS I AWAKED— _But, considering these things, I awaked, and
was delighted with my sleep._ Houbigant. The prophet, on awakening,
perceived himself comforted by these agreeable promises. This is t...
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D. New Conditions Jeremiah 31:23-30
TRANSLATION
(23) Thus says the LORD of hosts the God of Israel: Yet they shall
speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I reverse
their fortunes...
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Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
UPON THIS I AWAKED - the words of Jeremiah, Upon this (or, By reason
of this) announcement of a happy restoration, I awaked from the...
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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 words of the prophet at the conclusion of his pleasant vision....
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UPON THIS I AWAKED... — The words that follow have been very
differently interpreted. By some writers (Rosenmüller) they have been
referred to Jehovah under the figure of the husband who has dreamt of...
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עַל ־זֹ֖את הֱקִיצֹ֣תִי וָ אֶרְאֶ֑ה וּ
שְׁנָתִ
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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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Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep (e) was sweet to me.
(e) Having understood this vision of the Messiah to come, in whom the
two houses of Israel and Judah would be joined, I rejoiced....
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_To me. Thus Jeremias concludes his prediction with joy. (Calmet)_...
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I put this verse by itself from the singularity of its contents. And
while I propose my views of it, I pray the Reader to look up to the
Lord as his teacher, to lead him, and to guide him into all tru...
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Here the Prophet comes forth, and by his own example encourages the
faithful to be confident, even to recumb on God’s promise, as though
they really enjoyed already what was as yet hid from them, nay,...
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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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UPON THIS I AWAKENED, AND BEHELD,.... When or after he beheld or had
seen the vision and prophecy concerning the incarnation of Christ, and
the glory and happiness of his church and people in the latt...
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Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Ver. 26. _Upon this I awaked._] Out of my prophetic dream.
_ And my sleep was sweet unto me,_] _i.e., _ The promises (Christ in
the pr...
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_Upon this I awaked_, &c. These words afford a plain proof that the
preceding revelations had been made to the prophet in a dream, or
vision. _And my sleep was sweet unto me_ The vision which I had se...
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Upon this I awaked, namely, from the vision, or ecstasy, in which he
had received the revelation of the Lord, AND BEHELD; AND MY SLEEP WAS
SWEET UNTO ME. The glance into the future which had been vouc...
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SORROW TURNED INTO JOY...
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21-26 The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's
children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely
to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are
en...
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Either this revelation was made to Jeremiah in a dream, from whence he
awaking, looked about him; and he was very well pleased with his sleep
at that time, because of the gracious promises concerning...
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Jeremiah 31:26 awoke H6974 (H8689) looked H7200 (H8799) sleep H8142
sweet H6149 (H8804)...
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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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Jeremiah 31:22. _For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A
woman shall compass a man._
Here is a prophecy of the birth of Immanuel, God with us, born of a
woman by the supernatural power...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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Psalms 127:2; Zechariah 4:1; Zechariah 4:2...
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Upon this I awaked — Probably this revelation was made to Jeremiah,
in a dream....