They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. Contrary to all precedent in the case of adultery... [ Continue Reading ]
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. HIGH PLACES - the scene of idolatries, which were spiritual adult... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. NO LATTER RAIN - essential to the crops in Palestine; withheld in judgment (, "I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;" cf. , note).... [ Continue Reading ]
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? WILT THOU NOT FROM THIS TIME - not referring, as Michaelis thinks, to the reformation begun the year before, i.e., the twelfth of Josiah: it means-Wilt thou not, now at once, now at last? ME - contrasted with... [ Continue Reading ]
Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. HE - `thou,' the second person had preceded,"My Father, thou," etc. (). The changes to the third person implies a putting away of God to a greater distance from them. A... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. From here to a new discourse, delivered in Josiah's reign: it consists of two pa... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. I SAID - (, "Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my comma... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the harlot also. I SAW - I saw that, though (whereas) it was for this very reason (namely), becau... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. AND IT CAME TO PASS THROUGH THE LIGHTNESS OF HER WHOREDOM ... - some take this verse of Judah, to whom the end of Jeremiah 3:8 refers. But Jeremiah 3:10 puts J... [ Continue Reading ]
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 results of apostasy. NOT TURNED UNTO ME WITH HER WHOLE HEART. The reformation in the 18th year of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. JUSTIFIED HERSELF - has been made to appear almost just (i:e., comparatively innocent) by the surpassing guilt of Judah, who adds hypocrisy and treachery to her sin; and who had the example of I... [ Continue Reading ]
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. GO AND PROCLAIM - not actually, but turn and proclaim toward the north... [ Continue Reading ]
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE - (; ; , "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesset... [ Continue Reading ]
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: I AM MARRIED, [ baa`al (H1166) bª-...] - literally, I am Lord, i:e., husband to you, (so Jeremiah 31:32, "My covenant they brake, although... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. PASTORS - not religious, but civil rulers, as Zerubbabel, Nehemiah (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.... [ Continue Reading ]
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. JERUSALEM - the whole city, not merely the temple. As it has been the c... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. IN THOSE DAYS THE HOUSE OF JUDAH SHALL WALK WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AND THEY SHALL COME TOGETHER .... [ Continue Reading ]
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. BUT I SAID, HOW SHALL I? The good land covenanted to Abraham is to be restored to his seed. B... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. SURELY - rather, But. HUSBAND - literally, friend.... [ Continue Reading ]
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. In harmony with the proceeding promises of God, the penitential confessions of Israel are heard. A VOICE WAS HEARD UPON THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. RETURN, YE BACKSLIDING CHILDREN - Yahweh's renewed invitation (; ) and their immediate response. HEAL - forgive (; ; , "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them,... [ Continue Reading ]
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. MULTITUDE OF MOUNTAINS - i:e., the multitude of gods worshipped on them, (cf. Psalms 121:1, margin).... [ Continue Reading ]
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. SHAME HATH DEVOURED THE LABOURS OF OUR FATHERS ... THEIR FLOCKS ... HERDS - i:e., the idols, whose worship only covers us with shame (, "According to the number of the... [ Continue Reading ]
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD OUR GOD, WE AND OUR FATHERS - (). Remarks: (1) The injur... [ Continue Reading ]