Jeremiah 30:20

Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. THEIR CHILDREN ... SHALL BE AS AFORETIME - as flourishing as in the time of David....

This abundance of words which the Prophet employs is by no means useless; for we ought always to remember how hard were their temptations when no token of God’s favor appeared for seventy years. It was hence necessary to sustain minds overwhelmed with evils by many supports, so that they might not wholly faint; and he adds promises to promises, that the Jews might see as it were a spark of light from the deep abyss. And hence, also, we may gather a useful admonition: Though the Lord may favor us today, so that we are not exercised by very grievous trials, yet every one knows by his own experience, how prone we are to despond; and then when we once begin to faint, how difficult it is to be raised up to the confidence of hope. Let us then learn to join promises to promises, so that if one will not suffice, another may. He now says that their _children _would _be as from the beginning _Some...

18-24 We have here further intimations of the favour of God for them after the days of their calamity have expired. The proper work and office of Christ, as Mediator, is to draw near unto God, for us, as the High Priest of our profession. His own undertaking, in compliance with his Father's will, and in compassion to fallen man, engaged him. Jesus Christ was, in all this, truly wonderful. They shall be taken again into covenant with the Lord, according to the covenant made with their fathers. "I will be your God:" it is his good-will to us, which is the summary of that part of the covenant. The wrath of God against the wicked is very terrible, like a whirlwind. The purposes of his wrath, as well as the purposes of his love, will all be fulfilled. God will comfort all that turn to him; but those who approach him must have their hearts engaged to do it with reverence, devotion, and faith....

Verse Jeremiah 30:20. _THEIR CHILDREN ALSO_] They shall have the education of their own children as formerly. _AND THEIR CONGREGATION_] Their religious _assemblies_. _SHALL BE ESTABLISHED_] Being, in the latter days, incorporated with those "who serve the Lord their God, and worship the Messiah, the son of David....

The prophet speaks of Judah as the type of the Church, with Immanuel as her king. Jeremiah 30:18 TENTS - The word suggests that a considerable portion of the people were still nomads. THE CITY ... THE PALACE - Or, each city ... each palace. The heap means an artificial mount to keep the city out of the reach of inundations, and to increase the strength of the fortifications. SHALL REMAIN AFTER THE MANNER THEREOF - Rather, shall be inhabited according to its rights, i. e., suitably. Jeremiah 30:19 THEM - i. e., the city and palace. Render the last words, become few become mean, i. e., despis

EXPOSITION This and the three next chapters form a kind of book in themselves, which contrasts admirably with Jermiah 27-29. In the latter Jeremiah aimed at casting down the delusive hope that the time of trial would soon be over and the captives restored; here he assumes that all are aware of the sad reality, and concentrates himself on the happier topics of comfort and encouragement. Jeremiah 30:1; Jeremiah 31:1. shine out among all Jeremiah's prophecies; there is a combination of softness and vigour which, even from a purely literary point of view, is most attractive. Strictly speaking, they ought to form but one chapter; they represent (as verse 4 states) the revelation from Jehovah "concerning Israel and concerning Judah." It is, indeed, most touching, this yearning of the inspi

THEIR CHILDREN ALSO SHALL BE AS AFORETIME,.... In the streets of Jerusalem, numerous and free; no more in a strange land, or subject to others, Zechariah 8:5; and educated in a religious manner. Some think it refers to the times of the patriarchs before the law was given; and that the meaning is, that the law being abrogated, and they now sensible of it, shall live without it, as their forefathers did. It may be understood of the church's children in a spiritual sense; that great numbers should be born again in her as formerly, who shall profess the Christian religion, and behave according to it: AND THEIR CONGREGATION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE ME; the church, consisting of them; or their church state shall be settled and confirmed, and no more be destroyed, as it formerly was: AND I WILL PUNISH ALL THAT OPPRESS THEM; or rather, have oppressed them;

Jeremiah 30:1. _The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book._ We believe in verbal inspiration; and, though some people treat with contempt the very idea of words being inspired, be you sure of this, if you have not inspired words, you are not likely to get inspired men. Besides, words are to the thought what the shell is to the egg; and if you break the shell, you have destroyed the egg; somehow or other, the thought will ooze out unless it is conveyed in God's own words. Observe that the Lord does not say to Jeremiah, «Write thee all the thought that I have given thee;» but, «Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.» Jeremiah 30:3. F

THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF THE NATION (30-31) CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The time of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30:1) _ 2. Zion's desperate condition and the promise of deliverance (Jeremiah 30:12) 3. Restoration and glory (Jeremiah 30:18) Jeremiah 30:1. The critics have made havoc with this great prophecy. De Wette, Hitzig, and other rationalists, claim to have discovered that this chapter, and those which follow, are the work of the spurious “second Isaiah.” The critics, with their present day echoes in different colleges, reject these Chapter s as not being Jeremianic. They are totally wrong

Description of the people's terror (Jeremiah 30:5 _mg._) at the Day of Yahweh (Amos 5:18); but this Day shall bring deliverance from the (heathen) yoke (Jeremiah 30:8), and Israel shall have (religious) freedom under the future Davidic king. The gathered people shall be delivered from fear (like a protected flock, Isaiah 17:2); the heathen nations shall be destroyed, Israel escaping with proper chastisement only (Jeremiah 10:24). At present, Zion is sorely wounded (Jeremiah 3