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HER TREACHEROUS SISTER JUDITH - These words are a sort of refrain,
thrice Jeremiah 3:7, Jeremiah 3:10 repeated before God finally
pronounces Judah more culpable than Israel....
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THE CALL TO REPENTANCE AND JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED (3:6-6:30)
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The contrast between backslidden Israel and treacherous Judah
(Jeremiah 3:6) _
2. The call to return and the promised glory ...
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ISRAEL'S SIN LESS THAN JUDAH'S. This passage interrupts the continuity
of Jeremiah 3:19 with Jeremiah 3:5 (note also the interruptive
introductory formula, Jeremiah 3:6), and seems to be a separate
pr...
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FEIGNEDLY. in falsehood. The reformation was Josiah's. The People's
heart was not changed....
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Dr. (with Co. and others) points out that here the word "Israel" is
used in its restricted sense for the ten tribes, whereas in Jeremiah
2:1 to Jeremiah 3:5 it meant the people as a whole, and he infe...
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B. The Need for Repentance Jeremiah 3:6-10
TRANSLATION
(6) And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: Have You
seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She continuously goes
upon e...
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And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned
unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
YET - notwithstanding the lesson given in Israel's case, of the fatal...
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THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE
INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF
THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6)
This section furnishes us with the...
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AND YET FOR ALL THIS... — Judah was so far worse than Israel that
there had been a simulated repentance, as in the reformations under
Hezekiah and Josiah, but it was not with the whole heart and soul,...
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וְ גַם ־בְּ כָל ־זֹ֗את לֹא ־שָׁ֨בָה
אֵלַ֜י בָּגֹודָ֧ה אֲחֹותָ֛הּ
יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּ כָל ־לִבָּ֑הּ...
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CHAPTER III
ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST
Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 4:1
THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and
the darkness of its close was not relieved by a single ray o...
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Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to
return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love
was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...
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And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned to
me with (m) her whole heart, but deceitfully, saith the LORD.
(m) Judah pretended for a time that she returned, as under Josiah an...
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_Falsehood. Their reform was only apparent, under Joas, &c. (Calmet)_...
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It should seem, that this is the opening of a new sermon; perhaps it
was preached at a different period from the former: but the subject is
the same. A sad account is given of both kingdoms, Judah and...
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He goes on with the same subject, — that the Jews were not moved by
any fear when they saw the dreadful vengeance executed on their
brethren on account of their sins. _Her perfidious sister, _he says,...
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Chapter 3 has the same character; indeed it is the continuation of the
same address; but it contains details of Israel's and Judah's
behaviour, and proclaims the restoration of Israel by sovereign
goo...
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AND YET FOR ALL THIS,.... Though the two tribes saw the lightness and
filthiness of the sin Israel was guilty of, and how the land was
defiled with it, the stupidity of it, and the punishment inflicte...
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And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto
me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Ver. 10. _Hath not turned unto me with her whole heart._] Josiah did,
bu...
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_And through the lightness of her whoredom_ “By this phrase,” says
Blaney, “I take to be meant, that she was not nice in the choice of
the objects, but was ready to prostitute herself to all that came...
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THE CALL TO RETURN...
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FEIGNEDLY:
_ Heb._ in falsehood...
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6-11 If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious
profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil
ways. It is dreadful to be proved more criminal than those who...
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Though God saw what she did, and though she saw the shameful idolatry
of Israel, and what she had suffered, yet she was not warned; see
JEREMIAH 3:8; but fell to idolatry under Manasseh, who undid wha...
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Jeremiah 3:10 treacherous H901 sister H269 Judah H3063 turned H7725
(H8804) heart H3820 pretense H8267 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068
Judah - 2 Chronicles 34:33, 2 Chronicles 35:1-18; Psalms 78:36-37;...
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YHWH CALLS ON JUDAH TO CONSIDER WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ISRAEL, HER
NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR, WHEN SHE HAD FAILED TO TURN BACK TO HIM, SOMETHING
THAT JUDAH IS ALSO FAILING TO DO (JEREMIAH 3:6).
YHWH here refer...
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In this chapter, the sin of God's people is put in the strongest
possible light. The figure used may be even said to be a coarse one,
but man's sin is itself a coarse thing. The thoughts suggested in...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message concerning the impenitence of Judah.
Encouragement to backsliders to return and repent.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those will justly be divorced from God tha...
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Jeremiah 3:3. _Therefore the showers,_ of the former and the latter
rain, _have been withheld._ Other prophets make the same remark. God
is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts to...
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_Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also._
COMPARATIVE CRIMINALITY
I. State this decision of the Lord.
1. Israel, from the time they became a distinct nation, cast off God;
therefore,...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_1. Chronology._ Exact date of
chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5,
although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the
chapter...
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EXPOSITION
That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1.
ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be
proved by Jeremiah 3:6, and the years immediately f...
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They say (Jeremiah 3:1),
That is, in quoting the law and in speaking of the law, Deuteronomy.
If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes
another man's wife, shall he return unto...
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2 Chronicles 34:33; 2 Chronicles 35:1; Hosea 7:14; Isaiah 10:6; Psalms
18:44; Psalms 66:3; Psalms 78:36; Psalms 78:37...
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And yet — Though God saw what she did, and though she saw the
shameful idolatry of Israel, and what she had suffered....