Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 31:24
Go forth - “Go about.” Judah shall have its settled population and fixed abodes; and shepherds shall move about with their flocks, wherever pasture is to be found.
Go forth - “Go about.” Judah shall have its settled population and fixed abodes; and shepherds shall move about with their flocks, wherever pasture is to be found.
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
At the restoration of Judah there shall be joyous acclamation of the city and the Temple (Zechariah 8:3); agricultural and pastoral life shall be resumed in peace; the thirsty and the hungry (_cf._ Je...
See introd. summary to the section. The passage resembles 12 14, and is probably later than Jeremiah's time....
_they that go about_ opposed to dwellers in fixed habitations, such as the inhabitants of the towns and husbandmen. Cp. Isaiah 30:23....
HUSBANDMEN, AND THEY THAT GO FORTH WITH FLOCKS— These words are descriptive of the circumstances in which the ancestors of the Jews were placed upon their first introduction into the land of Canaan. T...
D. New Conditions Jeremiah 31:23-30 TRANSLATION (23) Thus says the LORD of hosts the God of Israel: Yet they shall speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I reverse their fortunes...
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. IN JUDAH ITSELF, AND IN ALL THE CITIES ... FARMERS, AND THEY ... WITH...
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....
HUSBANDMEN, AND THEY THAT GO FORTH WITH FLOCKS. — The prophet’s ideal of the restored life of Israel is that it should combine the best features of the patriarchal and the kingly life. A people pastor...
וְ יָ֥שְׁבוּ בָ֛הּ יְהוּדָ֥ה וְ כָל ־עָרָ֖יו
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...
_Together. Jerusalem shall be large enough to contain all, at the great festivals._...
I do not presume to decide upon this passage, but I venture to propose my views of it to the Reader. I do not object to the comment of those who suppose the return of the people from Babylon might be...
He proceeds with the same subject, but sets forth the effect of that favor of which he had spoken, for _dwell, _he says, shall the Jews again in the land; that is, they shall rest there and have a qui...
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...
AND THERE SHALL DWELL IN JUDAH ITSELF, AND IN ALL THE CITIES THEREOF TOGETHER,.... In peace and unity, in great concord and harmony: HUSBANDMEN, AND THOSE [THAT] GO FORTH WITH FLOCKS; husbandmen and...
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...
_Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel_ These prophecies of the restoration of the Jews are ordinarily prefaced with these two attributes of God, the one of which asserts his power to do the...
SORROW TURNED INTO JOY...
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, such as till the ground, AND THEY THAT GO FORTH WITH FLOCKS, this picture being descriptive of the blessings...
21-26 The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are en...
This whole verse is but an expression of their peaceable state after their return; they should live innocently and peaceably. JEREMIAH 33:12....
Jeremiah 31:24 dwell H3427 (H8804) Judah H3063 cities H5892 together H3162 farmers H406 out H5265 (H8804) flocks
SUB-PART B. THE COMING DAYS WILL INTRODUCE A COMPLETELY NEW TYPE OF COVENANT PROVIDED BY YHWH, ONE THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE HEART AND WILL THUS RESULT IN CHANGED LIVES (JEREMIAH 31:23). This sub-part co...
Jeremiah 31:22. _For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man._ Here is a prophecy of the birth of Immanuel, God with us, born of a woman by the supernatural power...
Jeremiah 31:18. _I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus;_ It is God who is here speaking. There is never a moan, or a sob, or a cry,or a sigh, but God hears it. The Lord is very quick of...
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...
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....
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 31:23 Jeremiah addresses JUDAH, who will soon join ISRAEL in exile. God will RESTORE Judah and its rejoicing, just as he will Israel’s (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 36:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Zechariah 2:4; Zechariah 8:4...