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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 30:18

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captives of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be built upon her own heap, and the (m) palace shall remain after its manner.

(m) Meaning that the city and the temple would be restored to their former estate.

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See also Jeremiah 30:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 30:18. _THE CITY SHALL BE BUILDED UPON HER OWN HEAP_] Be re-edified from its own _ruins_. See the book of _Nehemiah, passim_. _AND THE PALACE SHALL REMAIN_] Meaning, the _king's house...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The prophet speaks of Judah as the type of the Church, with Immanuel as her king. Jeremiah 30:18 TENTS - The word suggests that a considerable portion of the people were still nomads. THE CITY ... T...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF THE NATION (30-31) CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The time of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30:1) _ 2. Zion's desperate condition and the promise of deliverance (Jeremiah 30:12) 3. Restoration...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Description of the people's terror (Jeremiah 30:5 _mg._) at the Day of Yahweh (Amos 5:18); but this Day shall bring deliverance from the (heathen) yoke (Jeremiah 30:8), and Israel shall have (religiou...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UPON HER OWN HEAP. This cannot have. spiritual application; still less interpretation. It is literally Zion. This was written in the book, before the siege, which had already been foretold (chs. 7; 19...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. note to section. For a parallel in the character of the description in Jeremiah 30:5, Dr. compares Isaiah 13:6-15 (the overthrow of Babylon) followed by Isaiah 14:1 f. (the deliverance of...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _turn again the captivity_ See on Jeremiah 29:14. _upon her own heap_ meaning the hill on which she had previously stood, on her old site. A hill was the usual position of the Eastern cities (Matthew...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HAVE MERCY ON HIS DWELLING-PLACES— _On his tabernacles;_ which corresponds to the former clause. The expressions allude to the ancient manner of dwelling in tents; and though they may be understoo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Picture of Regenerate Israel Jeremiah 30:18-22 TRANSLATION (18) Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will reverse the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings. A city shall...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain afte...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    30:18 habitations; (f-18) Or 'tabernacles.' heap; (g-28) Or 'mound.' see Joshua 8:28 ; Joshua 11:13 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-9. When the gloom is deepest, deliverance shall come....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BRING] see on Jeremiah 30:3. TENTS] a name for dwellings generally, which was retained from nomadic times: cp. Jeremiah 4:20. REMAIN] RM 'be inhabited.' AFTER THE MANNER THEREOF] occupied by a Mag, an...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF JACOB’S TENTS... — The promise of restoration takes naturally a material form. The prophet sees the tents of those who still kept up the old nomadic life, pitched o...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנְנִי ־שָׁב֙ שְׁבוּת֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

    Following this action of the prophet a word of Jehovah came to him which he was especially commanded to write in a book. In a remarkable way it first set forth two things side by side. The first and f...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Temple. After 70 years, it was rebuilt. The Church was founded on a rock. [Matthew xvi. 18.] (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I stay not to detain the Reader with any observations upon this blessed passage, though in itself it would invite some of the most delightful. But the gracious things here spoken of, both in a way of...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah goes on with the same subject, and dwells on it more at large; for as it was difficult to lead the people seriously to repent, so it was difficult to raise up desponding minds after they had...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE DAY OF JACOB'S TROUBLE: PROMISED DELIVERANCE AND SURE JUDGMENT Some details of the circumstances that accompany its exercise deserve our attention, as well as the character which God displays in i...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD, I WILL BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY OF JACOB'S TENTS,.... That is, the captives of Israel, the inhabitants of them; alluding to the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, dwelling in...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after...

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

    _Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents_ The expression alludes to the ancient custom of dwelling in tents. This promise was, in some degree, fulfilled under Zerubbabel. _And the ci...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TURN OF AFFAIRS AND THE CONSUMMATION OF SALVATION...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, so that the time of oppression and exile would be a thing of the past, AND HAVE MERCY ON HIS DWELLING-PLACES, on the pla...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HEAP: Or, little hill...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-24 We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This verse manifestly is a promise of the rebuilding of the city, and was fulfilled in the times of Ezra; and the term CAPTIVITY, which in its proper sense relates to persons, not to places, being her...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 30:18 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 back H7725 (H8802) captivity H7622 Jacobs H3290 tents H168 mercy...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PART 1). ANGUISH AND RESTORATION (JEREMIAH 30:1 TO JEREMIAH 31:40). Part 1 is divided up into two Sub-parts (A and B) by the introductory words, ‘thus says YHWH (of hosts), the God of Israel' (Jeremia...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah 30:1. _The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book._ We believe in ver...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeremiah's first writing. Summary of Israel in the coming great tribulation. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Israel, after many years of wandering among all nations, is to be finall...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 30:6. _Ask ye now whether a man doth travail with child._ The anguish of a people once lords in Judea, now servants in Babylon, was great. But they were happier weeping there than worshipping...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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