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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 appoin...
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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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This prophecy of the restoration of the northern kingdom may belong,
like ch. 3, to Jeremiah's early period. The northern Israelites shall
be gathered from exile (the wilderness). Yahweh will appear f...
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THERE SHALL BE. there is. Hebrew. _yesh._ See note on Proverbs 8:21,
and Proverbs 18:24.
MOUNT. hill country....
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Jeremiah 31:1. See introd. summary to the section. Jeremiah 31:1,
virtually a repetition of Jeremiah 30:22, should be joined to the
previous ch....
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_watchmen_ giving signals for the pilgrimage.
_let us go up to Zion_ for the schism between the Northern and
Southern tribes is at an end....
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THE WATCHMEN—CRY— Though the first reference may be to the leaders
and teachers of the Jews returning from Babylon; yet, in the full
completion of the prophesy, by _watchmen_ the preachers of the
Mess...
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H. THE BLESSINGS OF RESTORATION
Jeremiah 31:2-40
In this second major section of the Book of Consolation the focus is
upon the blessings which those who return from exile will enjoy. Both
Israel, the...
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For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
THE WATCHMEN ... SHALL CRY. The watchmen, stationed on eminen...
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WATCHMEN] posted on heights to announce seasons of prayer and,
according to Jewish tradition, the appearance of the new moon as
determining the dates of festivals. In the present case they are
posted...
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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 WATCHMEN UPON THE MOUNT EPHRAIM SHALL CRY... — The special fact
is given as the ground of the previous prediction. The two kingdoms
should be united, and therefore the possession of the vineyards...
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כִּ֣י יֶשׁ ־יֹ֔ום קָרְא֥וּ נֹצְרִ֖ים
בְּ הַ֣ר
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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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15-34, AN EVERLASTING LOVE
Jeremiah 31:1-9
It is all-inclusive: _all the families of Israel_. It is patient under
provocation: during forty years it bore with Israel. It has a
drawing-power which ove...
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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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For there shall be a day, [that] the (i) watchmen upon the mount
Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to (k) Zion to the LORD
our God.
(i) The ministers of the word.
(k) They will exhort al...
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_Watchmen. Some were stationed on eminences to observe the first
appearances of the moon, (Calmet) which was a sort of festival.
(Haydock)_...
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All these blessings arise out of what went before. The Church was now
partly in bondage, and the residue of the people were shortly to be
sent thither. But the Lord looks beyond times of bondage, and...
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The Prophet here amplifies the kindness of God, because he would not
only restore the tribe of Judah, but also the ten tribes, who had
previously been led into exile. He then promises here a full and...
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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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FOR THERE SHALL BE A DAY,.... The whole Gospel dispensation is "a
day", made so by the bright rising of the sun of righteousness; here
it seems to design some certain fixed period of time in that
disp...
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For there shall be a day, [that] the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
Ver. 6. _The watchmen upon the mount Ephraim._] Such as are s...
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_For there shall be a day, that the watchmen shall cry_ By the
watchmen are meant God's prophets, or the ministers of his word,
giving notice of his dispensations, and calling upon men to act
suitably...
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THE DECREE OF RESTORATION AND ITS EXECUTION...
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For there shall be a day that the watchmen upon the Mount Ephraim,
those who were delegated to observe the time of the new moon, which
determined the date of most festivals in the Jewish church-year,...
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1-9 God assures his people that he will again take them into covenant
relation to himself. When brought very low, and difficulties appear,
it is good to remember that it has been so with the church f...
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That MOUNT EPHRAIM was a part of the lot of the ten tribes is out of
question. Whether by WATCHMEN be to be understood state sentinels set
to give warning of dangers approaching, or _keepers of vineya...
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Jeremiah 31:6 be H3426 day H3117 watchmen H5341 (H8802) cry H7121
(H8804) Mount H2022 Ephraim H669 Arise...
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AS THEY WERE OF OLD DELIVERED FROM EGYPT, SO ISRAEL ARE NOW AGAIN TO
BE REDEEMED AND DELIVERED, SO THAT THEY MIGHT FIND REST BECAUSE OF
YHWH'S LOVE FOR THEM (JEREMIAH 31:2).
The reference back to the...
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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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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...
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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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_Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God._
THE WATCHMAN’S MESSAGE TO ISRAEL
I. The message of the watchmen.
1. The Jewish people had been overthrown, taken captive, and
dispersed. T...
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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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2 Chronicles 13:4; 2 Chronicles 30:5; Acts 8:5; Ezekiel 3:17;...
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Arise — This was fulfilled under the gospel; for both Galilee and
Samaria received the gospel....