George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 3:1
It. Hebrew, "a saying." Septuagint, "If," &c., Deuteronomy xxiv. 1. (Haydock) --- Woman. Hebrew, "land." --- Lovers. Septuagint, "shepherds," (Calmet) seeking aid from idols and foreigners.
It. Hebrew, "a saying." Septuagint, "If," &c., Deuteronomy xxiv. 1. (Haydock) --- Woman. Hebrew, "land." --- Lovers. Septuagint, "shepherds," (Calmet) seeking aid from idols and foreigners.
CHAPTER III _The first five verses of this chapter allude to the subject of_ _the last; and contain earnest exhortations to repentance, with_ _gracious promises of pardon, notwithstanding every agg...
THEY SAY - Or, That is to say. The prophet has completed his survey of Israel’s conduct, and draws the conclusion that as an adulterous wife could not be taken back by her husband, so Israel has forfe...
CHAPTER S 2:1-3:5 Expostulation and Impeachment _ 1. His love and kindness to Jerusalem (Jeremiah 2:1) _ 2. The unfaithful people (Jeremiah 2:4) 3. The two evils and the results (Jeremiah 2:12)...
ISRAEL'S INFIDELITY. (Some introductory formula, like that of Jeremiah 2:1, has dropped out before Jeremiah 3:1; note _mg.)._ Israel's marital unfaithfulness to Yahweh is too gross for a facile repent...
THEY SAY. [It is. common] saying. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 24:1). YET RETURN AGAIN TO ME. yet [thinkest thou to] return, &c. It was contrary to the law of Deuteronomy 24:1. It will be the...
Jeremiah 3:1-5. Israel's faithlessness towards her Spouse 1. _They say_ The Hebrew is simply _saying_. Either the opening words of Jeremiah 3:6 have been displaced and should stand here, or a similar...
II. GOD'S APPEAL To HIS PEOPLE Jeremiah 3:1 to Jeremiah 4:4 After the blistering indictment of his inaugural sermon Jeremiah takes up the subject of repentance. He speaks here of (1) the possibility o...
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...
3:1 lovers; (c-39) Strictly, 'companions,' 'friends.' see Song of Solomon 5:16 , and Note, Song of Solomon 1:9 ....
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 g...
III. (1) The parable of the guilty wife who is condemned in spite of all her denials is carried out to its logical results. THEY SAY. — Better, _So to speak,_ as introducing a new application of the...
לֵ אמֹ֡ר הֵ֣ן יְשַׁלַּ֣ח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת ־אִשְׁתֹּ
CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1; Jeremiah 3:1 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin to the menac...
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...
They (a) say, If a man shall put away his wife, and she shall go from him, and become another man's, shall he return to her again? shall not that land (b) be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the...
CONTENTS This Chapter is a continuation of the same sermon as the former. Added to what was there said, in a way of expostulation, the Lord is pleased to follow it up, with invitations, and of the mo...
It is the uniform custom of human life, that, if a woman prove unfaithful to her husband, and the thing be notorious and publicly known, by her open departure from him, never is she permitted to retur...
Many regard this verse as connected with the last, and thus read them connectedly, “God hates false confidences, because he says, “etc. But this seems not to me to be suitable; for Jeremiah brings bef...
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...
THEY SAY, IF A MAN PUT AWAY HIS WIFE,.... Or, "saying" w; wherefore some connect those words with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if they were a continuation of what the Lord had been ther...
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...
_They say_ That is, _men use to say, If a man put away his wife_ Or give her a bill of divorce, Deuteronomy 24:1; _and she go from him_ In consequence thereof; _and become another man's_ Engage hersel...
THE POSSIBILITY OF RETURN...
They say, literally, "Saying," God Himself being the subject of the sentence. IF A MAN PUT AWAY HIS WIFE, AND SHE GO FROM HIM AND BECOME ANOTHER MAN'S, SHALL HE RETURN UNTO HER AGAIN? Such dismissals...
THEY SAY: _ Heb._ Saying...
1-5 In repentance, it is good to think upon the sins of which we have been guilty, and the places and companies where they have been committed. How gently the Lord had corrected them! In receiving pe...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 3 God's forbearance with the idolatry of Judah, who is worse than Israel, JEREMIAH 3:1. Both called to repent, with gospel promises, JEREMIAH 3:12. Misery by sin; salvation only of Go...
Jeremiah 3:1 say H559 (H8800) man H376 divorces H7971 (H8762) wife H802 goes H1980 (H8804) another...
YHWH LAYS DOWN HIS FINAL TERMS (JEREMIAH 3:1). The latter rains have failed to come because they have been faithless to YHWH, something that is evident to anyone who will look to the bare hills or the...
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...
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...
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...
_Return again to Me, saith the Lord._ THE BACKSLIDER INVITED TO RETURN We have here a wonderful display of God’s character: forbearance, pity, and love. I. What is inferred. A departure from God....
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 3:1 Jeremiah may have Deuteronomy 24:1 in mind, which answers the first question (WILL HE RETURN TO HER?) negatively and the second question ...
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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 22:21; Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 4:29; Ezekiel 16:26;...
Shall be — He cannot take her again according to the law, Deuteronomy 24:1. Yet I am ready to be reconciled to you. Polluted — Would not so great a sin greatly pollute a nation? Many — Not with one on...