And I saw, &c.— And I saw when on account of the adultery which backsliding Israel had committed, &c. Houbigant renders the words, I saw, in the third person; Nay, though she saw, that l had put away backsliding Israel, for all the adulteries, &c.
Verse Jeremiah 3:8. _I HAD PUT HER AWAY_] Given them up into the hands of the Assyrians....
Rather, “And I saw” that because apostate “Israel” had “committed adultery, I had put her away, and given her” the writing of her divorcement, “yet” false “Judah her sister feared not.”...The expressi...
THE CALL TO REPENTANCE AND JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED (3:6-6:30) CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The contrast between backslidden Israel and treacherous Judah (Jeremiah 3:6) _ 2. The call to return and the promised glory ...
ISRAEL'S SIN LESS THAN JUDAH'S. This passage interrupts the continuity of Jeremiah 3:19 with Jeremiah 3:5 (note also the interruptive introductory formula, Jeremiah 3:6), and seems to be a separate pr...
AND. SAW. In transcribing from the ancient characters, _Aleph_ (= a) was perhaps taken for _Tau_ (= t), the two letters differing only in one minute stroke (=) and (=). This shows that the primitive r...
Dr. (with Co. and others) points out that here the word "Israel" is used in its restricted sense for the ten tribes, whereas in Jeremiah 2:1 to Jeremiah 3:5 it meant the people as a whole, and he infe...
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)...
_I saw_ rather (as mg.) SHE (Judah) SAW THAT ETC., thus harmonizing with the similar passage, Ezekiel 23:11....
B. The Need for Repentance Jeremiah 3:6-10 TRANSLATION (6) And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: Have You seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She continuously goes upon e...
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played...
I SAW] some read, 'she saw.' BILL OF DI VORCE] i.e. exile....
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...
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...
AND I SAW, WHEN FOR ALL THE CAUSES. — Better, perhaps (following a conjectural emendation, which gives a much better sense), _And she saw that for all the causes._ The technical fulness of the words s...
וָ אֵ֗רֶא כִּ֤י עַל ־כָּל ־אֹדֹות֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר
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 o...
Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...
And I saw, when for all the causes by which backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put (k) her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and pla...
It should seem, that this is the opening of a new sermon; perhaps it was preached at a different period from the former: but the subject is the same. A sad account is given of both kingdoms, Judah and...
He then says, _And I saw _As he had said that the kingdom of Judah had seen what happened to Israel, so he now says, that he had seen both, _See _then _did I _Now, what does he declare that he had see...
Chapter 3 has the same character; indeed it is the continuation of the same address; but it contains details of Israel's and Judah's behaviour, and proclaims the restoration of Israel by sovereign goo...
AND I SAW, WHEN FOR ALL THE CAUSES, WHEREBY BACKSLIDING ISRAEL COMMITTED ADULTERY,.... Not only Judah saw, but God, who sees all things, saw the idolatry of the ten tribes which apostatized from him,...
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played t...
_And I saw_ As if he had said, That which others discerned not, I saw perfectly; namely, both her hypocrisy and her incorrigibleness, notwithstanding what had befallen Israel, whose correction should...
THE CALL TO RETURN...
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, a writing of dismissal, namely, at the time when the northern kingd...
6-11 If we mark the crimes of those who break off from a religious profession, and the consequences, we see abundant reason to shun evil ways. It is dreadful to be proved more criminal than those who...
I SAW: q.d. That which others discern not I saw well enough, viz. both her hypocrisy and dissimulation, and her incorrigibleness notwithstanding what had befallen Israel, whose correction should have...
Jeremiah 3:8 saw H7200 (H8799) causes H182 backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 adultery H5003 (H8765) away H7971 ...
YHWH CALLS ON JUDAH TO CONSIDER WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ISRAEL, HER NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR, WHEN SHE HAD FAILED TO TURN BACK TO HIM, SOMETHING THAT JUDAH IS ALSO FAILING TO DO (JEREMIAH 3:6). YHWH here refer...
Let us read part of the 3 rd chapter of Jeremiah where God brings a solemn accusation against the two nations of Israel and Judah because they forsook the living God, and went after idols neglected hi...
In this chapter, the sin of God's people is put in the strongest possible light. The figure used may be even said to be a coarse one, but man's sin is itself a coarse thing. The thoughts suggested in...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's message concerning the impenitence of Judah. Encouragement to backsliders to return and repent. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those will justly be divorced from God tha...
Jeremiah 3:3. _Therefore the showers,_ of the former and the latter rain, _have been withheld._ Other prophets make the same remark. God is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts to...
_Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also._ COMPARATIVE CRIMINALITY I. State this decision of the Lord. 1. Israel, from the time they became a distinct nation, cast off God; therefore,...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_1. Chronology._ Exact date of chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5, although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the chapter...
EXPOSITION That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1. ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be proved by Jeremiah 3:6, and the years immediately f...
They say (Jeremiah 3:1), That is, in quoting the law and in speaking of the law, Deuteronomy. If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man's wife, shall he return unto...
2 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:9; Deuteronomy 24:1;...
Given a bill — Delivered her up into the hands of the Assyrian, where God took from her the title of being his church, 2 Kings 17:5....