Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible
Jeremiah 4:1-2
1,2 The first two verses should be read with the last chapter. Sin must be put away out of the heart, else it is not put away out of God's sight, for the heart is open before him.
1,2 The first two verses should be read with the last chapter. Sin must be put away out of the heart, else it is not put away out of God's sight, for the heart is open before him.
CHAPTER IV _Sequel of the exhortations and promises addressed to Israel in_ _the preceding chapter_, 1, 2. _The prophet then addresses the people of Judah and Jerusalem,_ _exhorting to repentance...
RETURN - The repentance of Israel described in Jeremiah 3:21 was a hope, and not a reality. The return, literally, would be their restoration to their land; spiritually, their abandoning their sins. J...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _ 2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5) 3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14) 4. The desolation of I
JEREMIAH 3:19 TO JEREMIAH 4:4. A DIALOGUE OF YAHWEH'S GRACE. This directly continues Jeremiah 3:5, the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being emphatically contras
RETURN. Note the Figure of speech _Cycloides._ App-6. ISRAEL. Now referring to the northern kingdom. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THEN SHALT THOU NOT R...
Jeremiah 3:6 to Jeremiah 4:4. Conditional offers of restoration We may subdivide thus. (1) Jeremiah 3:6-18. The ten tribes as less guilty than Judah are invited to repent and return. (2)...
Jeremiah 4:1. If Israel will sincerely repent and mend her ways, her prosperity will be the ideal for all nations. Let Judah dedicate herself in heart to Jehovah, otherwise heavy judgement shall be he...
_If thou wilt return, etc_.] The best rendering is perhaps as follows: _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, yea, return unto me_, continuing (with mg.), _and if thou wilt put … and wilt not...
IF THOU WILT RETURN—RETURN UNTO ME— _If thou wilt return—thou shalt return._ [_Thou shalt dwell with me._ Houb.] _If thou wilt remove thy idols, thou shalt not be removed._ In the former part, says Ho...
F. The Rewards of Repentance Jeremiah 4:1-4 TRANSLATION (1) If you return, O Israel, (oracle of the LORD) unto Me return; and if you will remove your abominations from before Me, and never waver (2)...
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. IF THOU WILT RETURN, O ISRAEL, SAITH THE LO...
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...
JEREMIAH'S THIRD PROPHECY. THE FATE OF THE TEN TRIBES A WARNING TO JUDAH In this prophecy, as in the last, idolatry is denounced under the figure of unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. But as a marke...
IV. (1) IF THOU WILT RETURN. — The “if” implies a return from the hopes with which Jeremiah 3 ended to the language of misgiving, and so, inferentially, of earnest exhortation. ABOMINATIONS. — Liter...
אִם ־תָּשׁ֨וּב יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל ׀ נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י...
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...
PLEADING WITH FAITHLESS CHILDREN Jeremiah 3:11-25; Jeremiah 4:1-2 The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because their privil...
Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, (a) return to me: and if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be removed. (a) That is, wholly and without hypocrisy,...
_Blocks; idols, (Calmet) and other occasions of sin. (Haydock)_...
CONTENTS This Chapter, in the opening, is an address to Israel. The subject then relates to Judah and Jerusalem. Both are to one and the same amount; namely, God's gracious call to his people, to ret...
Is there not here a sweet breaking out, in pointing to Him who is the Lord our righteousness? For in whom are the nations to be blessed, but in Jesus; or in whom can they glory? I pray the Reader to c...
The Prophet no doubt requires here from the people a sincere return to God, inasmuch as they had often pretended to confess their sins, and had given many signs of repentance, while they were acting d...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be unto th...
IF THOU WILT RETURN, O ISRAEL, SAITH THE LORD,.... To which they had been encouraged, and as they had promised they would, and said they did, Jeremiah 3:14: RETURN UNTO ME; with thy whole heart, and...
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. Ver. 1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel._] As t...
_If thou wilt return, O Israel, return unto me_ Israel having promised repentance in the latter part of the preceding chapter, they are here directed what sort of a repentance it must be; that it must...
A LAST CALL TO RETURN...
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto Me, or, "if thou wilt return unto Me," the repetition serving to emphasize the anxious, merciful call of the Lord, AND IF THOU WILT PUT AWAY...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 4 An invitation to true repentance, by promises, JEREMIAH 4:1; and judgments coming on them by the Babylonians, contrary to the predictions of their false prophets, for their sins, JE...
Jeremiah 4:1 return H7725 (H8799) Israel H3478 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 Return H7725 (H8799) away...
Jeremiah 4:1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
Jeremiah 4:3. _Break up your fallow ground._ Hebrews ניר _nir, novale;_ make _new_ land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12. Our old phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
_If thou wilt return,.. .and if thou wilt put away thine abominations. .. then shalt thou not remove._ THE PLEADINGS OF GOD A strange ministry is that of Almightiness. It is almightiness--almost. So...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:1 True repentance includes removing DETESTABLE THINGS (idols) FROM God’s PRESENCE ...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter, _Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced cities_....
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2 The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render, _If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto me_;_ and if thou wilt...
But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 33:8; 2 Kings 23:13;...
If — If thou wilt return, return; make no longer delay. Remove — Thou shalt not go out of thine own land into exile....