Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jeremiah 31:7-15
These vv. are probably on the whole post-exilic, having close affinities with 2 Isaiah.
These vv. are probably on the whole post-exilic, having close affinities with 2 Isaiah.
Verse Jeremiah 31:7. _THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONS_] The same as Jacob or Israel; for most certainly this people was once the _most honourable_ on the face of the earth. _O LORD, SAVE THY PEOPLE_] Let t...
AMONG - Or, because of. Israel is the chief or, first of the nations Deuteronomy 26:19, and Yahweh summons mankind to rejoice, because the remnant of Israel is about to be restored to its old position...
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...
JACOB. Note the frequent use of "Jacob" in these Chapter s, referring to the natural seed. SAVE THY PEOPLE. Compare the Hebrew _Hosannah._ See Psalms 118:25, and see note on Matthew 21:9....
DISCOURSE: 1069 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Jeremiah 31:7. 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...
AMONG THE THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONS— _On the tops of the mountains._ Houbigant. See Psalms 72:16. Micah 4:1. We may read the whole clause, _For thus hath_ JEHOVAH _said, Shout forth joy unto Jacob; and...
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. SING ... PRAISE YE,...
31:7 at (c-13) Or 'over him who is.'...
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....
SHOUT AMONG THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONS... — Better, _Shout over the head of the nations, i.e.,_ over Israel. It would seem from Amos 6:1 as if this was a title specially claimed by the kingdom of the Te...
כִּי ־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה רָנּ֤וּ לְ יַֽעֲק
CHAPTER XXXI RESTORATION II THE NEW ISRAEL Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1;...
15-34, AN EVERLASTING LOVE Jeremiah 31:1-9 It is all-inclusive: _all the families of Israel_. It is patient under provocation: during forty years it bore with Israel. It has a drawing-power which ove...
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...
(l) For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: proclaim ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. (l) He shows what...
_Head. Rejoice over Babylon. --- Save. Hebrew Hoshang, "I beg," was usually added; and this acclamation is used by the Church._...
All these blessings arise out of what went before. The Church was now partly in bondage, and the residue of the people were shortly to be sent thither. But the Lord looks beyond times of bondage, and...
The Prophet confirms the contents of the verse we have explained; and it was necessary to make this addition, because what he had said was almost incredible. He therefore enlarged upon it. _Thus saith...
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...
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, SING WITH GLADNESS FOR JACOB,.... For the restoration of Jacob, or the conversion of the Jews; which will be matter of joy to the Christians among the Gentiles; who seem to be...
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 t...
_For there shall be a day, that the watchmen shall cry_ By the watchmen are meant God's prophets, or the ministers of his word, giving notice of his dispensations, and calling upon men to act suitably...
THE DECREE OF RESTORATION AND ITS EXECUTION...
For thus saith the Lord, Sing with gladness for Jacob, shouting over the Church's good fortune in songs of praise, AND SHOUT AMONG THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONS, exult over the head of the peoples, for the...
1-9 God assures his people that he will again take them into covenant relation to himself. When brought very low, and difficulties appear, it is good to remember that it has been so with the church f...
This grave, authoritative preface, THUS SAITH THE LORD, seemeth to be prefixed to put the people of God out of fear of the accomplishment of the good things he had before promised and prophesied of. T...
Jeremiah 31:7 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Sing H7442 (H8798) gladness H8057 Jacob H3290 shout H6670 ...
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...
REMNANT (_ See Scofield) - (Jeremiah 15:21). _...
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...
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...
Amos 5:15; Deuteronomy 32:43; Ezekiel 6:8; Hosea 1:7; Isaiah 1:9;...