At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Ver. 1. _At the same time,_] _i.e., _ In the beginning of Zedekiah's reign, as before, was this word uttered. Or rather, in those latter times forementioned, Jer 30:24 after the return fr... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, The people [which were] left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; [even] Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. Ver. 2. _The people that were left of the sword._] Of Pharaoh's sword, who pursued them; and though he smote them not, because the Lord kept him off, yet he... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Ver. 3. _The Lord hath appeared of old unto me._] This seemeth to be the people's objection. _a_ You tell us what was done of old; but these are ancient... [ Continue Reading ]
_Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry._ Ver. 4. _Again I will build thee._] See Jeremiah 34:18 . _ Thou shalt be adorned with thy tabrets._] All shall be hail and... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat [them] as common things. Ver. 5. _Thou shalt yet plant vines._] _Profunda pax erit: nemo te perterrefaciet._ Thou shalt have plenty, peace, and security. _ The planters shall plant them, and shall eat... [ Continue Reading ]
For there shall be a day, [that] the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God. Ver. 6. _The watchmen upon the mount Ephraim._] Such as are set to keep those vineyards. Jer 31:5 _ Shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion._] As the ten... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. Ver. 7. _Shout among the chief of the nations._] Heb., Neigh unto the heads of the nations, _ut illa vobis adhinniant et p... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. Ver. 8. _Behold, I will bring them._] Here is a present ans... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn. Ver. 9. _They shall come with weeping._] _Prae gaudio, inquit, fleb... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare [it] in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd [doth] his flock. Ver. 10. _Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations._] Hear and bear witness of the gracious promises that I make to my peo... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he. Ver. 11. _For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob._] Redemption is a voluminous mercy, an accumulative blessing. _ From the hand of him that was stronger than he,_] _scil., _ The Chaldean, but especially... [ Continue Reading ]
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 their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Ver. 12. _Ther... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. Ver. 13. _And make them rejoice from their sorrow._] Or, After their sorrow. I will turn all their sadness into gladn... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. Ver. 14. _And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness,_] _i.e., _ Provide liberally for my ministers; Isa 66:21 they and theirs shall be well maintained. Terms tak... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not. Ver. 15. _A voice was heard in Ramah._] It was once, when the poor captives were carried that way to Babylon, the mot... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. Ver. 16. _Refrain thy voice from weeping._] Take up in time, O Rachel, and the rest; God comforteth the abject, 2Co 7... [ Continue Reading ]
And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. Ver. 17. _And there is hope in the end._] Or, For thy posterity. Tribulation causeth patience, and patience experience, and experience hope; lively hope, such as maketh not ashamed, is not disapp... [ Continue Reading ]
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God. Ver. 18. _I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself._] Heb., Hearing I have heard; his... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Ver. 19. _Surely after that I was turned, I repented._] After that I had turned short again upon myself, as those p... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Jeremiah 31:20 _[Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD._ Ver. 20. _Is Ephraim a dear son? is he a pleasant child?_] _q.d., _... [ Continue Reading ]
_Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, [even] the way [which] thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities._ Ver. 21. _Set thee up waymarks._] _Statue tibi statuas Mercuriales_ - _q.d.,_ I will surely bring thee back by the s... [ Continue Reading ]
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. Ver. 22. _How long will thou go about?_] Hunting after human helps, and - refusing to set thy heart on the right straight way Jer 31:21 - fetch a compass, to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, [and] mountain of holiness. Ver. 23. _Thus saith the Lord of hosts._] _Et haec p... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they [that] go forth with flocks. Ver. 24. _Husbandmen, and those that go out with flocks._] _Agricolae et pecuarii; _ the citizens of the Church shall be plain hearted and profitable persons, living toge... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Ver. 25. _For I have satiated the weary soul._] Or, I will satiate, fill them with my fulness, so that they shall have enough for their own, and not emulate others. A good man shall be satisfied from himself, Pro 14:14... [ Continue Reading ]
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. Ver. 26. _Upon this I awaked._] Out of my prophetic dream. _ And my sleep was sweet unto me,_] _i.e., _ The promises (Christ in the promises) were sweet unto me, and I was as much refreshed therewith, as with sound sleep after hard to... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. Ver. 27. _I will sow the house of Israel._] I will repeople the country, and raise up many believers to Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. Ver. 28. _Like as I have watched over them._] I have been sedulous and assiduous.... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Ver. 29. _In those days they shall say no more._] There shall be _rectius de operibus Dei iudicium,_ a more correct judgment passed upon God's proceedings. See about this byword, Eze... [ Continue Reading ]
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. Ver. 30. _But every one shall die for his own iniquity,_] _i.e., _ Every unbeliever shall: neither shall the gospel save him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Ver. 31. _I will make a new covenant._] The same for substance with the former made with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and the Israelites in the wilderness; but new in respect... [ Continue Reading ]
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: Ver. 32. _Not according to the covenant._] Not so, but a great deal bette... [ Continue Reading ]
But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Ver. 33. _I will put my law in their inward parts._] This the apos... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Ver. 34. _And they shall te... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name: Ver. 35. _Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun, &c._] For their better secu... [ Continue Reading ]
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. Ver. 36. _If those ordinances depart from before me._] If they alter their constant course. _ Then shall the seed of Israel cease._] Then shall the faithful... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. Ver. 37. _If heaven above can be measured._] By man; for God measureth it with his span. Isa 40:12 _... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. Ver. 38. _Behold the days come, saith the Lord, &c_] The word come is not in the text; it is read, but not written. The vowel points are in the text, but not the l... [ Continue Reading ]
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. Ver. 39. _Upon the hill Gareb._] _Versus collem scabiosi,_ toward the hill of the scabby, so Tremellius rendereth it; and Junius thinks it was so called because thither they used to send... [ Continue Reading ]
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, [shall be] holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. Ver. 40. _And the whole valley of the dead bodies.... [ Continue Reading ]