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. As in that chapter the restoration of Judah, so in this the restoration of Israel's ten tribes, is foretold. AT THE SAME TIME - "in the latter days" (). WILL I BE THE GOD OF - manifesting my special grace to (; ; ). ALL ... ISRAEL - not the exiles of the southern kingdom of Judah only, but also the northern kingdom of the ten tribes; and not merely Israel in general, but "all the families of Israel." Never yet fulfilled ...

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 formerly. But it is hard under present frowns to take comfort from former smiles; yet it is the happiness of those who, through grace, are interested in the love of God, that it is an everlasting love, from everlasting in the counsels, to everlasting in the continuance. Those whom God loves with this love, he will draw to himself, by the influences of his Spirit upon their souls. When praising God for what he has done, we must call upon him for the favours his church needs and expects. When the Lord calls, we must not plead that we cannot come; for he that calls us, will help us, will strengthen us. The goodness of God shall lead them to repentance. And they shall weep for sin with more bitte...

CHAPTER XXXI _This chapter continues the subject of the preceding in a_ _beautiful vision represented at a distant period. God is_ _introduced expressing his continual regard for Israel, and_ _promising to restore them to their land and liberty_, 1-5. _Immediately heralds appear, proclaiming on Mount Ephraim the_ _arrival of the great year of jubilee, and summoning the people_ _to gather unto Zion_, 6. _Upon which God resumes the speech; and makes such gracious_ _promises both of leading them tenderly by the way, and making_...

AT THE SAME TIME - literally, At that time, i. e., “the latter day.” mentioned in Jeremiah 30:24....

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 Madness on the happy future of Ephraim. JEREMIAH 31:2 THE PEOPLE which were LEFT OF THE SWORD, etc.; literally, _the people of those left of the sword. _The expression clearly implies that the Jews at the time spoken of had escaped, or were about to escape, in some great battle or some other kind of slaughter. Hence the finding grace in the wilderness cannot refer to the sequel of the passage through the Red Sea, an

AT THE SAME TIME, SAITH THE LORD,.... The time of the Messiah, the Gospel dispensation, the latter days; when the Jews shall consider the prophecies of the Old Testament, and observe how they have been fulfilled in Jesus; and shall reflect upon their disbelief and rejection of him; and shall turn unto him, and serve the Lord their God, and David their king; see Jeremiah 30:9; WILL I BE THE GOD OF ALL THE FAMILIES OF ISRAEL; not of some few persons only, or of one of a city, and two of a family, but of every family; and this will be when "all Israel" shall be converted and saved, and a nation shall be born at once; then will God show himself to them as their covenant God, manifest his love to them, and bestow the blessings of his grace upon them: AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE; behave as such to him; own him to be their God, and serve and worship him....

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 had been as it were in abeyance, but in this promise of their restoration he brings it to the front again, and he gives a peculiarly gracious turn to it: «I will be the God of all the families of Israel.» What a mercy it is to have a family God, and to have our whole family in Christ! Brethren, you have a family Bible, and you have, I hope, a family altar; may your whole family belong to God! Jeremiah 31:2. _Thus saith the LORD, the people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest._ Pharaoh tried to kill

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. Assurance (Jeremiah 31:22) 5. The new covenant (Jeremiah 31:27) 6. The everlasting nation (Jeremiah 31:35) Jeremiah 31

This prophecy of the restoration of the northern kingdom may belong, like ch. 3, to Jeremiah's early period. The northern Israelites shall be gathered from exile (the wilderness). Yahweh will appear from Zion (Jeremiah 31:3, _mg._ 1 ;_ cf._ Jeremiah 51:50), declaring His enduring love (Hosea 11:4), and will restore general happiness; in the security of tenure the vineyards (which require time for their development) will be replanted, and their keepers (watchmen, Jeremiah 31:6) will call man to Zion (thus marking the union of the _two_ kingdoms)....

AT THE SAME TIME: i.e. in the latter days (Jeremiah 30:24). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. OF. to. ALL. Not Judah alone. THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:12). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 30:22....