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Verse Jeremiah 3:8. _I HAD PUT HER AWAY_] Given them up into the hands
of the Assyrians....
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Rather, “And I saw” that because apostate “Israel” had
“committed adultery, I had put her away, and given her” the
writing of her divorcement, “yet” false “Judah her sister feared
not.”...The expressi...
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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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AND. SAW. In transcribing from the ancient characters, _Aleph_ (= a)
was perhaps taken for _Tau_ (= t), the two letters differing only in
one minute stroke (=) and (=). This shows that the primitive r...
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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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AND I SAW, &C.— _And I saw when on account of the adultery which
backsliding Israel had committed,_ &c. Houbigant renders the words, _I
saw,_ in the third person; _Nay, though she saw, that l had put...
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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 I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of
divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and
played...
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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 I SAW, WHEN FOR ALL THE CAUSES. — Better, perhaps (following a
conjectural emendation, which gives a much better sense), _And she saw
that for all the causes._ The technical fulness of the words s...
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וָ אֵ֗רֶא כִּ֤י עַל ־כָּל ־אֹדֹות֙
אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִֽאֲפָה֙ מְשֻׁבָ֣ה
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָ וָ
אֶתֵּ֛ן אֶת...
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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 I saw, when for all the causes by which backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had put (k) her away, and given her a bill of
divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and
pla...
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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 then says, _And I saw _As he had said that the kingdom of Judah had
seen what happened to Israel, so he now says, that he had seen both,
_See _then _did I _Now, what does he declare that he had see...
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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 I SAW, WHEN FOR ALL THE CAUSES, WHEREBY BACKSLIDING ISRAEL
COMMITTED ADULTERY,.... Not only Judah saw, but God, who sees all
things, saw the idolatry of the ten tribes which apostatized from him,...
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And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of
divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and
played t...
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_And I saw_ As if he had said, That which others discerned not, I saw
perfectly; namely, both her hypocrisy and her incorrigibleness,
notwithstanding what had befallen Israel, whose correction should...
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THE CALL TO RETURN...
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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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I SAW: q.d. That which others discern not I saw well enough, viz. both
her hypocrisy and dissimulation, and her incorrigibleness
notwithstanding what had befallen Israel, whose correction should have...
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Jeremiah 3:8 saw H7200 (H8799) causes H182 backsliding H4878 Israel
H3478 adultery H5003 (H8765) away H7971 (H8765) given H5414 (H8799)
certificate H5612 divorce H3748 treacherous H898 (H8802) sister...
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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 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:9; Deuteronomy 24:1; Ezekiel
23:11; Ezekiel 23:9; Hosea 2:2; Hosea 2:3; Hosea 3:4; Hosea 4:15;...
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Given a bill — Delivered her up into the hands of the Assyrian,
where God took from her the title of being his church, 2 Kings 17:5....