George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 31:12
Sion. There shall be no farther schism or idolatry among them. --- No more, if they prove faithful. This was not the case.
Sion. There shall be no farther schism or idolatry among them. --- No more, if they prove faithful. This was not the case.
Verse Jeremiah 31:12. _AND SHALL FLOW TOGETHER_] Perhaps this may refer to their assembling at the _three_ great national feasts, the passover, pentecost, and tabernacles. _THEIR SOUL SHALL BE AS A W...
Omit together. The ten tribes are to flow like a river down from Zion’s height to their own land, there to reap the rich produce of their tillage. In Jerusalem they would be occupied with religious du...
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. The home-going of the nation (Jeremiah 31:1) _ 2. The joy of salvation (Jeremiah 31:10) 3. The preceding tribulation, sorrow and repentance (Jeremiah 31:15) 4. Assur
JEREMIAH 31:7 (suggestive of Deutero-Isaiah). Let there be joy that Yahweh hath saved His people, for He will gather all to Palestine (hither, Jeremiah 31:8), and they will come penitently to the Divi...
FLOW TOGETHER. Same word as in Jeremiah 51:44.Isaiah 2:2.Micah 4:1. WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._...
These _vv_. are probably on the whole post-exilic, having close affinities with 2 Isaiah....
_shall flow together_ The exact sense is not quite plain. Does it continue the picture which the first clause gives us of the returned tribes assembling in joyful worship on the holy mountain, that th...
See introd. summary to the section....
DISCOURSE: 1071 THE PREACHED GOSPEL A SOURCE OF BLESSINGS TO THE WORLD Jeremiah 31:10. Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattereth Israel...
2. _The disheartened_ (Jeremiah 31:10-14) TRANSLATION (10) Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles! Say, The one who scattered Israel has gathered him, and keeps him...
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: an...
31:12 goodness (d-19) Or 'good things,' and see Deuteronomy 6:11 ....
1-22. Jeremiah speaks of the restoration first of Israel (Ephraim, Jeremiah 31:2), then of Judah (Jeremiah 31:23.). Those who survive the sufferings of the captivity are promised a safe journey home....
TO THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD] to receive from Him the blessings of a fruitful land. FOR WHEAT, etc.] RV 'to the corn, and to the wine.' SORROW] rather, 'droop,' 'fade,' keeping up the image of a garden...
(12-14) THEREFORE THEY SHALL COME AND SING... — The vision of return culminates in a picture of the prosperity of the restored kingdom. The “goodness of the Lord” is, as in Hosea 3:5, the attribute on...
וּ בָאוּ֮ וְ רִנְּנ֣וּ בִ מְרֹום ־צִיֹּון֒
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
Continuing, the Prophet dealt with the issues of restoration. He first described the restoration of the city. After affirming the ancient love of Jehovah for His people, he foretold the building of th...
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for (q) grain, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd:...
I do not detain the Reader with any comment here: for the words are too plain to need any, and too sweet to admit of any without injury. Let the Reader read the passage again and again, and then mark...
He says that they would come to _sing praises on the height of Zion; _by which words Jeremiah promises the restoration of the Temple, for otherwise the return of the Jews to their own country would ha...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 31 AND 32. But it would not be Judah only, to whom the prophecies of Jeremiah were addressed, that should be restored-all the families of Israel should enjoy...
THEREFORE THEY SHALL COME AND SING IN THE HEIGHT OF ZION,.... The Targum is, "in the mountain of the house of the sanctuary, which is built on Zion;'' but though there be an allusion to the temple b...
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and...
_They shall sing in the height of Zion_ By _the height of Zion_ is meant the temple, built upon a hill adjoining to mount Zion, and it is here to be taken metaphorically, as it frequently is in the wr...
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, on its summit, that is, in the Temple of the Lord, AND SHALL FLOW TOGETHER, in a mighty stream of humanity, TO THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD, to re...
THE DECREE OF RESTORATION AND ITS EXECUTION...
10-17 He that scattered Israel, knows where to find them. It is comfortable to observe the goodness of the Lord in the gifts of providence. But our souls are never valuable as gardens, unless watered...
The particular phrases in this verse must not be strained, nor do they need a particular explication, all signifying but one thing, viz. the happy and prosperous state the Jews should be in after thei...
Jeremiah 31:12 come H935 (H8804) sing H7442 (H8765) height H4791 Zion H6726 Streaming H5102 (H8804) goodness...
YHWH WILL LEAD THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL BACK FROM EXILE AS A FATHER DOES HIS CHILDREN AND ON THE HEIGHT OF ZION THEY WILL REJOICE IN THE RESULTING GLORIOUS PROVISION OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 31:7). In striking...
Jeremiah 31:12 I. A watered garden suggests the idea of fragrant freshness. The prophet was contrasting the weary, dusty, withered aspect of Israel during the exile, with the fresh, bright, happy look...
Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time, faith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people._ How divinely he talks, as only God can talk These people had rejected...
Jeremiah 31:1. At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace...
Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people._ During the Israelites' banishment to Babylon, God's covenant with them...
CONTENTS: Israel in the last days. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God will again at the end of the age take Israel into new covenant relation with Himself, from which they have for hundreds of years b...
Jeremiah 31:1. _At the same time,_ namely, as the last words of the preseding chapter, in the latter day. Here the subject is glorious, and the language sublime. Jeremiah 31:3. _I have loved thee with...
_Their soul shall be as a watered garden._ THE WATERED GARDEN; OR, THE POSSIBILITIES OF SOUL LIFE The watered garden has three characteristics. I. Its freshness. Rapid evaporation in hot, dry season...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:1 This chapter includes the most famous passage in Jeremiah 1:1, the promise of a new covenant (vv....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Vide_ on chap. 30. These two Chapter s form an unbroken prophecy, “a triumphal hymn of Israel’s salvation.” The former chapter pledges the recovery from captivity of bo...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 31:1 The promise of Jeremiah 30:22 is expressly declared to apply to both sections of the nation. Jehovah thus solemnly declares his purpose of mercy, and dwells with special Mad...
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Jeremiah 31:1-40. Now there are those who say that God has cast off Israel as a nation forever, and that all of the blessings, all of the covenants and all of...
Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 20:40; Hosea 2:20; Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 1:30;...
And sing — All the phrases in this verse signify one thing, the happy state of the Jews, after their return from captivity. The height of Zion means the temple. A watered garden — They shall be a beau...